Hua Mulan
Hua Mulan (Chinese: 花木蘭) is a legendary warrior from China. The stories about her are set during various times in China's history. She was first written about in a ballad called the Ballad of Mulan (Chinese: 木蘭辭). In the ballad, Hua Mulan takes her father's place in the army. She practiced martial arts such as kung fu, and was skilled with a sword. She fought for twelve years and became famous, but she refused any reward.
Fa Mulan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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A drawing of Mulan from Gathering Gems of Beauty (畫麗珠萃秀) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 花木蘭 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 花木兰 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hua Mulan is a real person and did save China.[1]
Related pages
References
- ↑ Mann, Susan (1997). Precious Records: Women in China's Long Eighteenth Century. Stanford University Press. p. 208. ISBN 978-0-8047-2744-0.
Other websites
- Media related to Hua Mulan at Wikimedia Commons
- Works related to Ballad of Mulan at Wikisource
- Kwa, Shiamin; Idema, Wilt L. (2010), Mulan: Five Versions of a Classic Chinese Legend with Related Texts, Hackett Publishing, ISBN 1603848711