Historians often overlook the real Hua Mulan. In 4th-century Chinese military records, a female soldier named Fa Mu-lan appears only twice — once for her commendation in battle, and once under a sealed document marked “traitor.”
According to the Annals of the Northern Wei, after twelve years of war disguised as a man, she returned home to find her family executed for “dishonor.” Her commander offered her an imperial marriage to erase the shame.
Instead, she poisoned him with night jasmine and burned her uniform — an act considered both rebellion and blasphemy.
The tale we know as Mulan was rewritten during the Tang Dynasty to restore her virtue. But one forbidden version — The Ballad of the Lotus Ghost — describes her transformation into a spirit of vengeance who “walked in moonlight, her blade dripping memory instead of blood.”
Some temples in Anhui still leave offerings to her on full moons: lotus petals folded around pieces of iron.
The priests call her The Maiden Who Never Sleep
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interesting.. are you working on a novel based on this?