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- Hua Mulan, heroine in Chinese legend who—disguised as a man—joined the army in place of her father. After performing great military feats, she was honored by the emperor. Her story is immortalized in the folk song “ Mulan Ci ” (“The Ballad of Mulan”).
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The Ballad of Mulan is the oldest known version of Mulan’s story. Most likely composed during the era of Northern Wei (around 400 AD), this one poem ended up inspiring countless retellings for centuries to come.
The first written record of Mulan is the Ballad of Mulan, [note 1] a folk song believed to have been composed during the Northern Wei dynasty (386–535 CE) and included in an anthology of books and songs during the Southern Chen dynasty (557–589 CE).
Sep 20, 2024 · Hua Mulan, in Chinese legend, was a heroine who—disguised as a man—joined the army in place of her father. After performing great military feats, she was honored by the emperor. Her story is immortalized in the folk song ‘The Ballad of Mulan.’
- Summary & Time Period
- The Female Mulan & Succeeding Versions
- Modern-Day Mulan
- Conclusion
The story, as it is best known today through the recent films, places Mulan in an unidentified era of Imperial China (221 BCE - 1912 CE), but the original poem is set during the Northern Wei Period. The modern and ancient versions follow basically the same plot of a young girl who takes her aged father's place in the army when he is called to serve...
During the Song Dynasty, the anthologist Guo Maoqian completed his Collected Works of the Music Bureau which included documents from the work known as Musical Records Old and New from the 6th century CE, including the Mulan legend. There are no known versions of the Mulan story between the Tang Dynasty and the play The Female Mulanby the playwright...
According to Shiamin and Idema, an opera Mu Lan Joins the Army was written in 1903 CE which sets the action in the Han Dynasty with the Xiongnu (a tribe of warriors often associated with the Huns) serving as the antagonists. The story follows the same basic plot as earlier versions, but the focus is on the cowardice of men and strength of women. Sh...
The most recent Mulan (2020), incorporates a number of motifs and characters to tell the story for a new generation. An early scene in which Mulan is out riding and notices two hares running side-by-side is a direct allusion to the earliest version of the legend when the narrator points out that no one notices the difference in gender when hares ru...
- Joshua J. Mark
Mulan is based on an ancient Chinese folk story called the Ballad of Mulan (木兰辞 Mùlán Cí). The Chinese mùlán means 'magnolia flower'. It is a short folk story comprised of 392 Chinese characters that was created in the Northern Wei Dynasty (386–534).
Sep 4, 2020 · The story of Mulan, a young Chinese woman who disguises herself as a man and joins the army to save her father’s life, has been told over and over again for the past 1,500 years at least. It’s...
Sep 4, 2020 · Here's the controversial origins behind the real legend that inspired Mulan, which will hit Disney+ in September. The original ballad has a long history of transformation and adaption
