[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [佛祖統紀](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035) › 35.78 # 佛祖統紀 35.78 佛祖統紀 35.78 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [35.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.35.78) 二十一年十月庚子（魯襄公二十二年）孔子生於魯陬邑。父叔梁紇（下沒反）母顏氏。禱尼丘而生。首上圩頂故名丘（尼丘魯山名。圩音烏。中氐四旁高）。字仲尼。長九尺六寸（史記）。 > In the twenty-first year, in the tenth month on the gengzi day (the twenty-second year of Duke Xiang of Lu), Confucius was born in Zou Hamlet in Lu. His father was Shuliang He (he pronounced he-mo) and his mother was of the Yan clan. He was born after they prayed at Mount Niqiu. Because the top of his head was concave at the crown, he was named Qiu (Niqiu is the name of a mountain in Lu; yu is pronounced wu, meaning low in the centre and high on the four sides). His courtesy name was Zhongni. He was nine cubits and six inches tall (Shiji). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 35.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.35.77) - [Next: 35.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.35.79) - [Up: 35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.35) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035~en-mt.35.78) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.35.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.35.78) · Pramāṇa