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Guo Maoqian (Chinese: 郭茂倩; pinyin: Guō Màoqiàn; Wade–Giles: Kuo Mao-ch'ien) was a Song dynasty poetry anthologist.
May 29, 2020 · This is an anthology of lyrics, songs, and poems compiled by Guo Maoqian during the 11th or 12th century. The author explicitly states that the Musical Records of Old and New was his source for the poem about Mulan .
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Sep 7, 2020 · Mulan (“magnolia”) is a legendary character in Chinese literature who is best known in the modern day from the Disney filmed adaptations (1998, 2020). Her story, however, about a young girl who takes her father's place in the army to help save her country, is hundreds of years old.
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May 19, 2020 · The author, Guo Maoqian, explicitly mentions the Musical Records of Old and New as his source for the poem. According to his assumptions, an unknown author from North Wei could write a ballad in the 5th century.
Jul 6, 2021 · The first known written form of the poem about Mulan titled《木兰辞》(The Ballad of Mulan) and 木兰歌 (The Song of Mulan) by Wei Yuanfu (韦元甫) were compiled by Guo Maoqian (郭茂倩) in his anthology of poetry,《乐府诗集》(Yuefu Shiji).
Poems), compiled by Guo Maoqian during the twelfth century in the Song dy-nasty. Guo mentions Gujin yuelu as his source for the poem. Two other Song dynasty anthologies, Wenyuan yinghua (Gems of Literary Writings) and Gu wenyuan (Collection of Ancient Writings), contain slightly different versions of this poem.5
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The ballad was written first in pieces and then compiled by a Chinese poetry collector named Guo Maoqian. To some historians and scholars, “The Ballad of Mulan” is just a fictional poem, to others, it is a true story of a young woman in 5th century China.
