Hua Mulan

Hua Mulan
花木蘭
Mulan as depicted in the album Gathering Gems of Beauty (畫麗珠萃秀) (Qing dynasty; ca 18th century).
First appearance
  • Ballad of Mulan
  • ca 6th century
In-universe information
GenderFemale
OccupationCavalry soldier
OriginNorthern Wei
Hua Mulan
Traditional Chinese花木蘭
Simplified Chinese花木兰
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinHuā Mùlán
Wade–GilesHua1 Mu4-lan2
IPA[xwá mû.lǎn]
Gan
RomanizationFa1 Muk6-lan4
Hakka
RomanizationFa Muklan
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationFāa Muhk-làahn
JyutpingFaa1 Muk6-laan4
IPA[fa˥ mʊk̚˨lan˩]
Southern Min
Hokkien POJHoe Bo̍k-lân
Middle Chinese
Middle ChineseHwæ Muk-lan
Old Chinese
Baxter–Sagart (2014)*qʷʰˤra C.mˤok-k.rˤan

Hua Mulan (Chinese: 花木蘭) is a legendary Chinese folk heroine from the Northern and Southern dynasties era (4th to 6th century CE) of Chinese history. Scholars generally consider Mulan to be a fictional character. Hua Mulan is depicted in the Wu Shuang Pu (無雙譜, Table of Peerless Heroes) by Jin Guliang.[citation needed]