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The army list is in twelve scrolls

nthdegx — Fri, 26 Dec 2003 10:14:58 -0800

The Ballad of Mulan in Chinese calligraphy by, er, Mi Fei; also translated into English. Via the Mulan FAQ.

By: nthdegx

nthdegx — Fri, 26 Dec 2003 10:16:45 -0800

The Disney version was just on TV, and I do think it rocks, as Disney films go.

By: jeffj

jeffj — Fri, 26 Dec 2003 11:03:46 -0800

My. How fortunate for Disney that this story was available in the public domain. (copyright snarkiness notwithstanding, I must agree that the movie did indeed rock.)

By: sonofsamiam

sonofsamiam — Fri, 26 Dec 2003 11:17:17 -0800

Except for the songs. They were all pretty forgettable.

By: nthdegx

nthdegx — Fri, 26 Dec 2003 13:25:15 -0800

Google cache of the Mulan FAQ.

By: plep

plep — Fri, 26 Dec 2003 13:28:35 -0800

Good link. More Chinese novels here - 'Journey to the West' (or 'Monkey') is a long-time favourite of mine.

By: oflinkey

oflinkey — Fri, 26 Dec 2003 22:45:31 -0800

Every Mainland Chinese woman I have ever spoken to about the Disney version of the story (and I am at a public university in NYS, so that is a few, but by no means more than say, 35) thinks that representation of the story is insulting and absurd. I have only given the poem a cursory glance, but I will be interested in doing a better reading and asking a few of these women after intercession about it