Sun Tzu temporarily, to more powerful foes. Aside from his legacy as the author of "The Art of War", Sun Tzu is revered in Chinese and East Asian culture as a legendary historical and military figure. His birth name was Sun Wu, and he was known outside of his family by his courtesy name Changqing. The name "Sun Tzu" by which he is best known in the Western World is an honorific which means "Master Sun". Sun Tzu's historicity is uncertain. The Han dynasty historian Sima Qian and other traditional Chinese historians placed him as a minister to King Helü of Wu
The Book of the Long Sun the original "New Sun" is made clear. The Mythopoeic Society considered "The Book of the Sun" as a whole for annual literary awards. It was one of five finalists for the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award in 1997. "Locus" magazine and the American SF writers considered the volumes separately for "Best Novel" awards. A young priest Patera Silk tries to save his "manteion" (neighborhood church and school) from destruction by a ruthless crime lord. As he learns more about his world, a vast generation ship called the Whorl, he learns to distrust the gods he has worshiped and to revere the supposedly