Hua Mulan
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| Traditional Chinese | 花木蘭 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 花木兰 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.[1]
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[change | change source]- ↑ Mann, Susan (1997). Precious Records: Women in China's Long Eighteenth Century. Stanford University Press. p. 208. ISBN 978-0-8047-2744-0.
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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 978-1603848718
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