Mulan (“Mulan”)

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The real story: In the “Ballad of Mulan,” she enlists in place of her feeble father and retires to her hometown after victory. In a later version by Chu Renhuo, however, she’s summoned to the Khan’s palace to become his concubine but opts to commit suicide instead.