This poem creates the immortal artistic image of Mulan, which is both legendary and real and touching. Mulan is both a strange woman and an ordinary person, a hero of the Guo Kingdom and a common girl, a vigorous warrior and a beautiful daughter. She is hard-working, kind-hearted, resolute and brave, honest and simple yet alert and lively. She loves her relatives and serves the motherland. She does not admire high-ranking officials and rich salaries but loves a peaceful life.
The poem details Mulan’s reasons for joining the army in place of her father, farewell to her family, resignation and return to her hometown, and family reunion, while it briefly describes Mulan’s preparations before the expedition and the ten-year campaign. This arrangement is to better depict the characters.