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“But despite the myriad accomplishments listed on Duanfang’s Wikipedia page, I still didn’t know who he really was.”
“Shen Came to Understand Her Assassinated Ancestor Through Writing About Him “My ancestor is no longer just a myth...”
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“This thought, coupled with my ancestor’s life, drew together the threads for my novel, Foreigners .”
“My ancestor, Duanfang, who was a prominent viceroy in China and plays a large role in Foreigners .”
“My Chinese professor told me that as Duanfang pleaded for his life, he revealed his true ethnicity to them.”
“He is a complicated, flawed member of my family; he is simply a man.”
“He was biologically Han Chinese, and had only pretended to be Manchu to rise in power during the Manchu Dynasty.”
“It was then that he was ironically killed by his own Han army, who mutinied against him.”
“Shen is the author of The Queens of New York , which is a New York Public Library Best Book of the Year and a YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults pick.”
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“And so, I realized my ancestor wasn’t simply a politician, a before-his-time feminist, or an avid bronze collector.”