where was he born?
In Guangzhou, Guangdong, Republic of China.
Yu-chien Kuan
Kuan was born on 18 February 1931, in Guangzhou (Canton), Guangdong, Republic of China.
who was yu-chien kuan? was a Chinese-born German sinologist, writer and translator.
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Yu-chien Kuan [SEP] Early life
Kuan was born on 18 February 1931, in Guangzhou (Canton), Guangdong, Republic of China. His father, Guan Xibin (), who later changed his name to Guan Yiwen (), studied in France and graduated from Yale University in the United States. His mother, Yan Zhongyun (), was a devout Christian. He was the youngest of three children, with a sister and a brother. Soon after Kuan's birth, his mother brought the children to live in Beiping (now Beijing). When the Second Sino-Japanese War broke out in 1937, the family fled Beiping and became refugees, eventually settling in the Shanghai French Concession.