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Combined with the content of the poem, briefly analyze how Mulan is a female figure.

In the poem, Hua Mulan is a heroine who combines "loyalty" and "filial piety".

For a long time in Chinese culture, Hua Mulan has been the "model of traditional Chinese women: a gentle and filial daughter at home, a brave and clever soldier on the battlefield, a courtier who is not thirsty for power, and a mild-mannered girl when she returns to her hometown.

The traditional image of Hua Mulan emphasizes the Confucian ethical spirit of "loyalty" and "filial piety". In particular, "filial piety" is a distinctive cultural diagnosis.

From the beginning of the poem, the cause of Mulan's joining the army on behalf of her father is dramatized, and the daughter's filial piety to her father in a unique way during the special era of war is depicted from the perspective of ethics and morality. After that, the whole poem only uses the words "Generals die in a hundred battles, strong men return in ten years" and "Twelve turns of the Ceremony, a hundred thousand strong rewards" to describe Mulan's twelve years of hard work and bravery at the border. Here also shows the important idea of "loyalty". After that, the brush turns to describe Mulan abandoning her post and returning to her hometown, regaining her red makeup, but not talking about her marriage, highlighting again the theme of "filial piety" by going home to serve her parents, and skillfully avoiding the "women's honor" that may arise from Mulan's outstanding military performance after she dresses as a man on the impact of the feudal patriarchal society.

Mulan in Mulan Poetry is a strong girl who has been respected by Confucian ethical culture for many generations, and has a strong sense of humanity and affection for filial piety as her first priority. In this girl who honors rituals and virtues, there is a deep humanistic connotation of traditional Chinese culture.