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The first written record of Mulan is the Ballad of Mulan, a folk song believed to have been composed during the Northern Wei dynasty (386–535 AD) and compiled in an anthology of books and songs in the Southern Chen dynasty (557–589 AD). The historical setting of "Ballad of Mulan" is usually the Northern Wei's military campaigns against the nomadic Rouran. A later adaptation has Mulan active around the founding of the Tang dynasty ( 620 AD). The story of Hua Mulan was taken up in a number of later works, including the 16th-century historical fiction ", and many screen and stage adaptations. The Hua Mulan crater on Venus is named after her.