As a young boy, Ouyang was taken from his family, castrated, and given as a slave to Lord Esen. This same characteristic defines another character who ends up being Zhu’s greatest enemy: General Ouyang. And her actions become more proactive as she pits her own desires against fate. Then, later on, she realizes she wants to seize the fate of greatness promised to her brother. To not end up “nothing” as was said by the fortuneteller her father took her and her brother to as children. At first, she’s simply determined to survive. Zhu’s sheer determination to seize a better destiny for herself is a compelling driving force for this book. She ends up throwing in her lot with an opposing army, setting in motion events that lead to the founding of the Ming Dynasty. But then the monastery ends up sacked by Mongolian warlords, and Zhu finds herself on the run again. When she manages to disguise herself as a monk and ends up living at a monastery, she thinks her troubles are over. The events of She Who Became the Sun are set into motion by protagonist Zhu, who is determined to avoid her prophesied fate of “nothing”.
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