Source: [Southern and Northern Dynasties] Yuefu Poetry Collection Mulan Poetry/Mulan Ci
Original text:
Hearing the news of my daughter, I went out to help Guo; As soon as Sister A heard that Sister Mei was coming, she had to cut her red makeup. When I heard my sister coming, I sharpened my knife at pigs and sheep. Open my East Pavilion door and sit on my West Pavilion bed. Take off my wartime robe and put on my old clothes. When the window is decorated with clouds, the mirror is yellow. When I went out to meet the fire companions, I was both surprised and busy: I spent twelve years together, but I didn't know Mulan was a girl. Male rabbits have messy feet and female rabbits have blurred eyes; When two rabbits walk side by side, can I tell if I am a male or a female?
Translation:
Parents heard that their daughter was back and helped each other to meet her outside the city; When my sister heard that she was back, she dressed up in front of the door. My brother heard that my sister came back and was busy sharpening the knife and killing pigs and sheep. Open the doors of my East Pavilion and West Pavilion, sit on my bed, take off my combat uniform, put on my old daughter's clothes, face the window to the mirror, comb my hair as soft as a cloud, and stick flowers on my forehead. I went out to see my friends who were fighting together, and they were all surprised. After so many years in the same trade, I didn't even know Mulan was a woman.
When the rabbit's ears are hanging in the air, the front foot of the male rabbit often moves, and the eyes of the female rabbit often squint, so it is easy to identify. Two rabbits, a male and a female, are running close to the ground. How can we tell which is male and which is female?
Extended data:
Appreciation: Mulan Poetry is a rare masterpiece in the history of China's poetry. For the first time, it created an immortal heroine who joined the army for her father. Legendary and touching. Mulan is a strange girl and an ordinary person, a heroine and an ordinary girl, a vigorous warrior and a beautiful daughter. She is hard-working, kind-hearted, determined, brave, honest and simple, alert and lively, loves loving the country and loving the quiet life of not admiring high officials and rich people.
Mulan has both heroic and feminine characteristics perfectly. Kindness, courage, calmness, wit and perseverance are the necessary connotations of Mulan's heroic character, and her infinite love and dedication to her parents and motherland is the greatest spiritual source of her heroic character.