Surname Overview
The Surname Is Not Given in The Ballad of Mulan
The Ballad of Mulan names her only as Mulan and does not give her surname.
Mùlán Surname
Surname profileMùlán / Mu-lan
Origins
How “Hua Mulan” Emerged
The surname “Hua” in “Hua Mulan” comes from Xu Wenchang’s Ming-dynasty play The Female Mulan Goes to War in Her Father’s Place; it is not part of the original Ballad of Mulan.
Historical Records
The Wei Surname Tradition
The Yuan-dynasty Record for the Filial and Chaste General identifies Mulan as a member of the Wei clan, named Mulan, from Qiao of Bo.
Wei in Later Records
Both the Qing-dynasty Henan Gazetteer and Shangqiu County Gazetteer record Mulan as having the surname Wei.
Research Notes
Boundary of “Mulan” as a Surname
These materials provide no origin, commandery, hall name, migration, genealogy, or generation-name account for Mulan as a surname. For the person Mulan, the main surname tradition is Wei, while a Ming-dynasty play gives her the surname Hua.
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