Did you know, Mulan (like from the disney movie) was likely not Chinese? Yes, Mulan (If she was real) wouldve lived in the Northern Wei Dynasty, Whose rulers were Tuoba, a Para-Mongolic group. You may be thinking: This doesnt mean Mulan wasnt Chinese! But, the Northern Wei Dynasty, when going to war, wouldnt conscript Chinese civillians, but rather to call upon their Tuoba citizens, and since Mulan's father was originally going to war, he must have been Tuoba; likely a high ranking Tuoba official, so Mulan was Tuoba, not Chinese