Hua Mulan is depicted in the Wu Shuang Pu (無雙譜, Table of Peerless Heroes) by Jin Guliang. Scholars are divided on whether Mulan was more likely a real person or a fictional character of legend. She retires to her hometown, where she is reunited with her family and reveals her gender, much to the astonishment of her comrades. In the story, after prolonged and distinguished military service against nomadic hordes beyond the northern frontier, Mulan is honored by the emperor but declines a position of high office. Hua Mulan ( traditional Chinese: 花木蘭 simplified Chinese: 花木兰) is a legendary folk heroine from the Northern and Southern dynasties era (4th to 6th century AD) of Chinese history.Īccording to legend, Mulan took her aged father's place in the conscription for the army by disguising herself as a man.
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