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In 1919, following Austria-Hungary's dissolution after its defeat in World War I, von Zach's diplomatic post ceased to exist, leaving him with only a small pension. He then became a diplomat for the Dutch government in Indonesia – then part of the Netherlands East Indies – and served until 1925. In addition to authoring articles on topics of Chinese literature and translation, von Zach also spent years working on German translations of the "Wen Xuan" and the poems of Du Fu and Li Bai.