![]() ![]() She's best known in the short poem The Ballad of Mulan, which was composed around 400 A.D. Many people wanted her to have been real, and there are contradictory claims, none provable, for her birthplace. Her story was only co-opted by the Chinese later. One of the earliest versions suggests she wasn't even Chinese but possible a Mongolian woman in men's clothing who rode a camel and saving a Khan. ![]() ![]() She's most likely an amalgamation of several women who went to war in different battles and dynastic periods. There's some debate over whether Mulan actually existed.
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