KOEHN, Alfred.

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Confucius: His Life and Work. First edition, first printing, exploring famous episodes as recounted in the Analects and other ancient Chinese sources. The illustrations are taken from a 17th-century edition of the Shengji Tu, a key source concerning the life of the Sage.Alfred Koehn was a German diplomat and botany enthusiast who worked in Japan and then in China. In Beijing, he established a residence, "The Lotus Court", in a traditional hutong. Koehn wrote a number of books on Japan and China, continuing his publishing activities even amid the straitened circumstances of wartime Beijing.

• Printing: first

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