The whole poem tells the story of Mulan disguised as a man to join the army instead of her father, fought in the battlefield, and returned home in triumph, shaping a heroine image who is hardworking, simple, brave and resolute, despising fame and fortune, and loving her hometown, reflecting the beautiful morality and wishes of the ancient working people.
Mulan disguised herself as a man and joined the army instead of her father. She fought on the battlefield for several years and made many meritorious deeds. No one found out that she was a woman. In the Tang Dynasty, he was named General Xiao Lie and was commemorated in a shrine. There are different opinions on the time of its emergence, but from the historical and geographical conditions, it can be judged that things and poems may have originated in the post-Wei period. This poem originated from the folk, and in the long-term spread process, it has traces of being polished by later literati, but it basically retains the characteristics that folk songs are easy to remember and recite.