1758358A Chinese Biographical Dictionary — K'ung FuHerbert A. Giles


1045 K'ung Fu 孔鲋 (T. 子魚). Died B.C. ? 210. A descendant of Confucius in the ninth degree. At the time of the Burning of the Books (see Li Ssŭ), he is said to have preserved copies of the chief works of the Canon by secreting them in his house, whence they were eventually recovered. He is the reputed author of a collection of memoirs referring to Confucius and his grandson K'ung Chi, and also of the vocabulary entitled 小爾雅.