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Mulan

Also known as: Mulan; primary name: Mulan
Details: individual; Chinese; Female
Biography: The heroine in a famous Chinese story (from the Ballad of Mulan, written in the 5th or 6th century) about a young woman who goes to war in place of her father.
Bibliography: Hans H Frankel, 'The Flowering Plum and the Palace Lady: Interpretations of Chinese Poetry', Yale University Press, 1976.