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- The name Mulan is a girl's name meaning "magnolia". Mulan comes from a Chinese mythological ballad, in which Mulan disguises herself as a man to take the place of her father in war.
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Her name "Fa Mulan" is inspired by the Yue Chinese name for the character, which is pronounced Fa Muklan. The only child of an aging war veteran, Mulan disregards both tradition and the law by disguising herself as a man in order to enlist herself in the army in lieu of her feeble father.
Sep 9, 2020 · It is equally possible, however – and the two are not mutually exclusive – that the legend's popularity derived from how it plays with that very paradigm, turns the accepted norms around, in exploring the meaning of gender – how a man or woman is defined by society – which would have appealed to an audience by couching the message in a ...
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Sep 4, 2020 · While the name Mulan translates to “magnolia” in Chinese, Chen’s research traces the name’s roots back to its Touba origins, and suggests that it’s actually a masculine name.
- Suyin Haynes
May 29, 2020 · However, there is different information about Mulan’s possible roots, and her family name is uncertain. In the text History of the Ming, her family name is Zhu, but in History of the Qing it is Wei. The only sure information is that her story is connected with the history of China in the 4th or 5th century AD.
- Natalia Klimczak
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....
Name. The heroine of the poem is given different family names in different versions of her story. The Musical Records of Old and New states Mulan's given name is not known and therefore implies Mulan is her surname.
Sep 7, 2020 · Xu Wei introduces the character's surname Hua (“flower”) to Mulan as well as her assumed name as a male, Hua Hu, details her transformation from a girl to a male warrior, and concludes with the marriage motif which was popular in his time.
