I want to buy a saddle and horse and serve in the army in Father's place. — The Ballad of Hua Mulan (image via Wikimedia Commons) Another one of those "is she a legend or a real woman *hidden* as a legend?" women. According to the Ballad of Hua Mulan, a sixth century Chinese epic poem, the story goes much the same way as the Disney movie: in the dead of night, Mulan disguises her beauty under men's clothes, to take her father's place in the war. She's lauded as a valiant warrior, and after the war, when she reveals her true gender, she's still heralded by her comrades and regarded as a national heroine.
A Woman to Know: Hua Mulan
A Woman to Know: Hua Mulan
A Woman to Know: Hua Mulan
I want to buy a saddle and horse and serve in the army in Father's place. — The Ballad of Hua Mulan (image via Wikimedia Commons) Another one of those "is she a legend or a real woman *hidden* as a legend?" women. According to the Ballad of Hua Mulan, a sixth century Chinese epic poem, the story goes much the same way as the Disney movie: in the dead of night, Mulan disguises her beauty under men's clothes, to take her father's place in the war. She's lauded as a valiant warrior, and after the war, when she reveals her true gender, she's still heralded by her comrades and regarded as a national heroine.