Talk:Mushu/@comment-4807601-20120906132359/@comment-24846209-20140421172612

Wrong.

Mushu is named after Mulan's cowardly cousin, named Hua Mu Shu, in an older version of Mulan called "Mulan Joins the Army" (1903). When the notice of conscription comes for every male from every familly he is too afraid to go, and Mulan takes his place in the army as well as her father and her younger brother who isn't old enough (it gave rise to Mulan's dog "Little Brother" in the Disney film).

When she is disguised as a man, she uses her cousin's name, Mu Shu, as her alias.