Changes: Mulan (Legend)

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This article focuses on the Chinese legend, "Mulan".
For the film, see "Mulan (Film)"
For the Fairy Tale Land character, see Mulan.

The Ballad of Mulan, also known as Mùlán Tzú and often shortened to Mulan, is an ancient Chinese poem featured on ABC's Once Upon a Time. It was written by an unknown writer and incorporated in the book Musical Records of Old and New in the 6th century.

Traditional Plot

During a time of war in China, a young woman named Hua Mulan sees that her father has been conscripted into the army. Having no older brothers, she decides to dress as a man and goes to war in his place. She spends more than 10 years fighting alongside other male soldiers. Later, the emperor offers her a government post, but she turns it down saying that she would prefer to return home and see her family. At the end of the poem, Mulan finally reveals her female identity to her army comrades, who are shocked to see her as a woman.

Show Adaptation

Mulan comes from a village and used to serve in the emperor's army as a warrior.
- Later, she becomes the travelling companion of Prince Phillip to find Aurora.
While Mulan is a mythical character with historic connotations, the writers have stated the show adaption of Mulan is from a fictionalized world.^{[citation needed]}

Characters Featured

Original Item	Adapted as	First Featured in
Mulan	Mulan	"Broken"
Emperor	Emperor (mentioned)	"The Outsider"

Locations Featured

Original Item	Adapted as	First Featured in
Historic China	The Empire (mentioned)	"The Outsider"

Items Featured

Original Item	Adapted as	First Featured in
Mulan's sword	Mulan's Sword	"Broken"

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Stories

A – M The Adventures of Pinocchio \| The Adventures of Tom Sawyer \| Aesop's Fables \| Alice's Adventures in Wonderland \| Arthurian legend \| "Beauty and the Beast" \| Beowulf \| The BFG \| Carrie \| Celtic mythology \| "Cinderella" \| A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court \| The Count of Monte Cristo \| The Curse of Capistrano \| Don Quixote \| The Emerald City of Oz \| Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus \| "The Frog Prince" \| Germanic mythology \| "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" \| Greek mythology \| "Hansel and Gretel" \| The Hundred and One Dalmatians \| "Jack and the Beanstalk" \| "Jack and Jill" \| "Jack the Giant Killer" \| "Little Bo Peep" \| "Jack Sprat" \| La Cenerentola \| "The Little Mermaid" \| "Little Red Riding Hood" \| The Lord of the Rings \| The Marvelous Land of Oz \| Mary Reilly \| Moby-Dick \| Mulan \| The Mysterious Island N – Z Nursery rhymes \| One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest \| One Thousand and One Nights \| The Patchwork Girl of Oz \| Peter and the Wolf \| Peter and Wendy \| "Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater" \| "The Pied Piper of Hamelin" \| Polynesian mythology \| Pride and Prejudice \| The Prince and the Pauper \| "Rapunzel" \| "Rip Van Winkle" \| Robin Hood \| Roman mythology \| "Rumpelstiltskin" \| The Scarlet Letter \| Slavic mythology \| "Sleeping Beauty" \| "The Snow Queen" \| "Snow White" \| "Snow-White and Rose-Red" \| "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" \| Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde \| Swan Lake \| "Three Billy Goats Gruff" \| The Three Musketeers \| The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark \| Treasure Island \| Through the Looking-Glass \| Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea \| "The Ugly Duckling" \| The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

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-{{Box|This article focuses on the Chinese legend, '''Mulan'''. For the [[Enchanted Forest]] character, see '''[[Mulan]]'''.}}
+{{Box|This article focuses on the Chinese legend, '''"Mulan"'''.<br>For the film, see '''"[[Mulan (Film)]]"'''<br>For the [[Fairy Tale Land]] character, see '''[[Mulan]]'''.}}
+{{Story
-{{Fairytale
-|name = The Ballad of Mulan
+|name = ''The Ballad of Mulan''
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 |writers = Unknown
-|publication = 6th Century|episode = [[The Outsider (Episode)|The Outsider]]}}
+|publication = 6th Century|episode = "[[The Outsider]]"}}
-'''"Mulan"''', also known as '''"The Ballad of Mulan"''' and '''"Mùlán Tzú"''', is an ancient Chinese poem featured on [[ABC]]'s ''[[Once Upon a Time]]''. It was written by an unknown writer and incorporated in the book '''"Musical Records of Old and New"''' in the 6th century.
+'''''The Ballad of Mulan''''', also known as '''''Mùlán Tzú''''' and often shortened to '''''Mulan''''', is an ancient Chinese poem featured on [[ABC]]'s ''[[Once Upon a Time]]''. It was written by an unknown writer and incorporated in the book '''''Musical Records of Old and New''''' in the 6th century.
 ==Traditional Plot==
 During a time of war in China, a young woman named Hua Mulan sees that her father has been conscripted into the army. Having no older brothers, she decides to dress as a man and goes to war in his place. She spends more than 10 years fighting alongside other male soldiers. Later, the emperor offers her a government post, but she turns it down saying that she would prefer to return home and see her family. At the end of the poem, Mulan finally reveals her female identity to her army comrades, who are shocked to see her as a woman.
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 ==Show Adaptation==
 *[[Mulan]] comes from a village and used to serve in the emperor's army as a warrior.
-**Later, she becomes the traveling companion of [[Prince Phillip]] to find [[Aurora]].
+**Later, she becomes the travelling companion of [[Prince Phillip]] to find [[Aurora]].
 *While Mulan is a mythical character with historic connotations, the writers have stated the show adaption of Mulan is from a fictionalized world.{{Cite}}
 ==Characters Featured==
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-*[[Mulan]]
+|-
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+!width="30%" style="background:silver;"|First Featured in
+|-
+| style="background:lightgray;"|Mulan
+| style="background:lightgray;"|[[Mulan]]
+| style="background:lightgray;"|"[[Broken]]"
+|-
+| style="background:lightgray;"|Emperor
+| style="background:lightgray;"|Emperor {{S|(mentioned)}}
+| style="background:lightgray;"|"[[The Outsider]]"
+|}
+== Locations Featured ==
-==References==
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-{{Reflist}}
+|-
-{{Wikipedia}}
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-<br />
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+|-
+| style="background:lightgray;"|Historic China
+| style="background:lightgray;"|[[The Empire]] {{S|(mentioned)}}
+| style="background:lightgray;"|"[[The Outsider]]"
+|}
+== Items Featured ==
+{| width="100%" style="background:gainsboro;text-align:center; "
+|-
+!width="30%" style="background:silver;"|Original Item
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+!width="30%" style="background:silver;"|First Featured in
+|-
+| style="background:lightgray;"|Mulan's sword
+| style="background:lightgray;"|[[Mulan's Sword]]
+| style="background:lightgray;"|"[[Broken]]"
+|}
+{{Wikipedia|Hua Mulan}}
+----
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+{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Mulan''}}
-[[es:Hua_Mulan]]
+[[es:Hua Mulan]]