1. IntroductionIn Confucian thought, women had their purpose alongside their men or within their families as mothers. However, the legend of Hua Mulan predates Confucius. Mulan's story had inspired early Chinese feminists like Qiu Ji to go against the society built to maintain her space as a woman separate from the rest of the world. In modern times, Fa Mulan (by Disney) added more diversity to the usual Disney Princesses and gave Westerners an image of Chinese culture. Disney's Fa Mulan film and Jingle Ma's live action Hua Mulan film ultimately chronicle Mulan's journey and her military service, but the films will have significant differences due to the different perspectives telling the stories. The changes of women's roles in China in the 21st century have their starting point with the story of Mulan because of her positive role in women's identity later on. The way Mulan changed the stigma on women over time may not have helped. Although Mulan is a legend, legends tend to shape certain fields of thought in society. Changes in women's structures in China took many centuries, but I believe that Mulan's presence had an irreplaceable impact on women in Chinese society. I define Confucianism in the female role as follows: A woman's duties concern her husband, her husband's parents, and the children born between her and her husband. A woman's duties to her husband include, but are not limited to, keeping him happy and full with good meals. Her duties to her husband's family include, but are not limited to, keeping her parents happy, adapting to her housekeeper mother-in-law's rules, and providing grandparents for grandchildren. A woman's duties to give birth to children include, but are not... middle of paper... going to the Imperial City to warm up her old friends about the impending attack on the emperor, everyone ignored her. Hua Mulan didn't face the same problem in the live action film. When her companions discovered her, they decided to keep the discovery to themselves instead of sending Mulan to her death. The only reason Fa Mulan remained alive in the film was her heroic actions before her superior discovered her. Works Cited5. ConfucianismSince the core of Confucianism is belief6. ConclusionReferences:1. http://ww.chinapage.com/mulan.html2. “Hymn to Mulan” http://www.whitebridge.com/onlinelit/mulan.php3. “Mulan in Legends” http://www.ourorient.com/mulan-in-legends.htm4. Disney's Mulan DVD5. Mulan DVD by Jingle Ma6. Lan, Fen. "The female individual and the Empire". Ducal University. http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdfplus/4125407.pdf.