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1048 K'ung Li 孔鯉 (T. 伯魚). B.C. 582-482. The only son of Confucius (see K'ung Ch'iu). At his birth, Duke 昭 Chao of the Lu State sent Confucius a present of some carp; and the latter, in honour of his sovereign's gift, took Li Carp as the name of his little son.
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