Hua Mulan (花木蘭)
Read the Classic in Classical Chinese
Read the legend of Hua Mulan (花木蘭) in its original classical Chinese! This app offers a side-by-side bilingual reading experience — the classical Chinese text with a fluent English translation — designed to help advanced learners and lovers of Chinese literature engage with the original work.
Follow Mulan across all 32 chapters as she disguises herself as a man to take her father's place in the army. Perfect for advanced learners and anyone drawn to classical Chinese literature, with built-in pinyin, audio narration, and an interactive dictionary.
Source & attribution
Original text: “木蘭辭 (The Ballad of Mulan)” by Anonymous (Northern Wei dynasty). Public domain.