The wonder of Yuefu poetry - Mulan Poetry
"Mulan Poetry", also known as "Mulan Ci", is a long narrative Yuefu folk song of the Northern Dynasties during the Southern and Northern Dynasties of my country. Selected from the "Collection of Yuefu Poems" compiled by Guo Maoqian in the Song Dynasty, it is collectively known as the "Two Treasures of Yuefu" in the history of Chinese literature together with "The Peacock Flies Southeast" in the Southern Dynasty. This poem tells the story of Mulan, a girl who disguised herself as a man, joined the army in place of her father, and returned to her hometown after achieving great military exploits. The poem creates the image of a strange woman "Mulan", a simple, kind, brave and strong heroine, and praises her lofty spirit of profound understanding of righteousness, courage to sacrifice, and lofty moral character of not seeking glory and gain, and is full of strong romanticism. . The whole poem's language is strong and simple, and its style is rough and bold. It represents the outstanding achievements of Yuefu folk songs in the Northern Dynasties and is also one of the extremely rare works in the history of Chinese literature.