There is a strange woman in Chinese history, she used her courage and strength to compose a colorful scene in history, she is the hero of the towel - Mulan.
In the historical data, Hua Mulan is a mysterious woman, there is no exact record of her surname and place of origin, some say that she is from Yucheng County, Shangqiu, some people think that she is from Yan'an, Shaanxi, and some say that she is from Huangpi, Hubei... In short, there are many opinions, and so on.
What made Mulan first famous was a poem called "Mulan Ci".
This poem comes from the Northern Wei dynasty of the Southern and Northern Dynasties, and was included in the Historical Record of Ancient and Modern Music of the Southern Dynasty Chen, which was circulated to the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and was re-polished by the Sui and Tang literati, and has been widely circulated ever since.
According to the description of poems and folk songs, during the Northern Wei Dynasty, the northern Wei nomadic peoples Rouran and Turks constantly harassed the Northern Wei border, and the imperial court was overwhelmed. In order to protect the territory and consolidate the territory, the imperial court staged a forced conscription, stipulating that every household must send a male to join the army.
Hua Mulan's father was a warrior, but unfortunately he was old and strong, and there was definitely no going back to the battlefield. In addition, Mulan has no older brother and only one younger brother, and the younger brother is still young and cannot go to the battlefield. In desperation, she did an amazing act, 4 words - surrogate father to join the army.
Mulan woman dressed as a man, instead of her father on the battlefield, her more than 10 years of military career began, and later she performed better than the boy, she repeatedly made military achievements, returned to her hometown, and was famous in the world.
In the Northern Wei Dynasty, it was estimated that there was no such thing as an easy to wear and gang, so why did Mulan hide her daughter's body in the army for ten years and was not discovered?
First, the "low threshold". At that time, in order to resist the invasion of foreign enemies in the Central Plains, the urgent recruitment of troops was only for adult men. We have this description of Mulan in the texts of our junior high school years: The East Market buys horses, and the West Market buys saddles. Therefore, no one will carefully check mulan's identity, plus after she puts on heavy armaments, she will not be found to be a girl, so she will be mixed into the camp.
The second is "poor image". The Northern Wei Dynasty belonged to the special period of internal and external troubles, and in the case of famine, the people's food and clothing was a problem, and it would be good to survive, so the vast majority of people looked relatively emaciated, and Mulan obviously belonged to the appearance of yellow muscles and thin muscles, so when the boy wore it, naturally no one suspected that it was a daughter.s body.
The third is "miscellaneous duties." After Mulan arrived at the front, her main task was to "scout" - responsible for inquiry and summons, which was not high-level but important, and had its own independent tent in the battalion. This gave Mulan the opportunity to be alone, escaping the "incubation period" that was most easily discovered. Later, she was often promoted and transferred because of her repeated military achievements, and worked in different military camps, making it more difficult for people to recognize her identity.
The fourth is "personal dress". Hua Mulan knew that if her identity was recognized by others, her punishment would be small, and it would be a sin to involve her father and family, so after arriving at the barracks, she was cautious in her words and deeds, kept a distance from everyone, and successfully avoided "revealing stuffing".
Regarding the ending of Mulan, posterity also has two theories.
First Ending: Return to the Hidden Mountains.
There is a legend that after Mulan returned triumphantly after many years of conquest, the emperor wanted to reward her. At this time, Mulan's identity could no longer be concealed, so she took the initiative to "confess her guilt" to the emperor. As a result, the emperor remembered her merits and pardoned her for the crime of deception, and at the same time, considered her to be capable, loyal and honest, and gave her a high-ranking official Houlu. As a result, Mulan did another amazing thing, she refused the emperor's good intentions on the grounds that her parents were old and needed to be taken care of, and resolutely returned to the hidden mountains.
The second outcome: self-destruct death. When the Second Emperor learned that she was beautiful and had not yet left the cabinet, he wanted to accept her as a concubine.
There is also a legend that after Mulan returned triumphantly, the emperor personally received her and wanted to reward her, only to see that she was not only a daughter who had not yet left the cabinet, but also beautiful as a flower, and wanted to accept her as a concubine.
Of course, Hua Mulan was unwilling, but she could not directly reject the emperor, so she euphemistically proposed the "Three Wishes" and hoped that the emperor would honor them.
Naturally, the emperor agreed. Hua Mulan then said the "three wishes": First, ask His Majesty to issue an order that from today onwards, women can also participate in elections, learn literature and martial arts, and serve the country; second, women's status is too humble, and they hope to be fair in the future, men can marry women, and women can also marry men, so as to achieve the purpose that women can also pass on incense; third, whether ordinary people or emperors, they can only marry one wife, and those who violate the law are severely punished.
After the emperor listened, he laughed and said 4 words: The view of a woman. There is no following. In the evening of the same day, the holy decree was made, and he was named a noble concubine, but the "three wishes" of Mulan were mentioned at the end.
Hua Mulan refused to obey, and had to say that the disease was rejected. The Emperor was the Ninth Five-Year-Old, and of course he would not give up, so he issued three holy decrees in a row, and Hua Mulan sighed and hanged himself.
Of course, no matter what the ending of Mulan, she was listed by posterity as one of the four heroes of ancient times with her bravery and loyalty. Later generations built the Mulan Ancestral Hall and the Ancestral Hall in her hometown, and in the Tang Dynasty, Tang Gaozong gave her a four-character praise: General Xiao Lie.