After a romance of more than a year, Kunt* Tehchen. who claims to be the seventy-fifth lineal descendant of Confucius. China's great sage, is engaged to Violet Sun. a friend of Anna May Wong, Chinese-American screen actress. Kung, who as the lineal descendant of Confucius has the rank of duke, is 17 years did. His fiancee is a year older. He is well versed in the Chinese classics. The Japanese have invited him to attend the dedication of a great Confucian temple in Tokyo. The wedding is to take place at Chufu, the birthplace of iCon£ucius-and Kung.
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Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21938, 12 November 1936, Page 7
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