What is Hua Mulan?
{{Infobox Chinese |title=Fa Mulan |pic= 畫麗珠萃秀_Gathering_Gems_of_Beauty_(梁木蘭) 2.jpg |piccap=A drawing of Mulan from ''Gathering Gems of Beauty'' ({{lang|zh|畫麗珠萃秀}}) |picsize= |t={{linktext|花|木|蘭}} |s={{linktext|花|木|兰}} |h=Fa Muklan |gan=Fa<sup>1</sup> Muk<sup>6</sup>-lan<sup>4</sup> |p=Huā Mùlán |w=Hua<sup>1</sup> Mu<sup>4</sup>-lan<sup>2</sup> |poj=Hoe Bo̍k-lân |j=Faa<sup>1</sup> Muk<sup>6</sup>-laan<sup>4</sup> }} '''Hua Mulan''' ({{Lang-zh|t=花木蘭}}) is a legendary [[warrior]] from [[China]]. The stories about her are set during various times in [[History of China|China's history]]. She was first written about in a [[ballad]] called the ''Ballad of Mulan'' ({{Lang-zh|t=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.<ref>{{cite book| last = Mann| first = Susan| title = Precious Records: Women in China's Long Eighteenth Century| url = https://archive.org/details/preciousrecordsw0000mann| year = 1997| publisher = Stanford University Press| isbn = 978-0-8047-2744-0| page = [https://archive.org/details/preciousrecordsw0000mann/page/208 208] }}</ref> == Related pages == * [[Mulan (movie)]] == References == {{reflist}} == Other websites == * {{Commons category-inline|Hua Mulan}} * {{Wikisource-inline|Translation:Ballad of Mulan|Ballad of Mulan}} * {{citation|last1=Kwa|first1=Shiamin|last2=Idema|first2=Wilt L.|title=Mulan: Five Versions of a Classic Chinese Legend with Related Texts|publisher=Hackett Publishing|year=2010|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fHzXt8AHyhIC|isbn=978-1603848718}} [https://en.m.wikisource.org/wiki/Translation:Ballad_of_Mulan Wikisource has original writing related to Hua Mulan]{{DEFAULTSORT:Hua Mulan}} [[Category:History of China]] [[Category:Legendary people]] [[Category:Chinese military people]] {{stub}}