The Jade Rabbit’s Life and Duty

Mulan

This flow follows the Rabbit from sacrificial mortal act through centuries of healing service to a poisoned near-death and restoration.

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Bearing strength in each event

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A Feast for Strangers A Feast for Strangers from "Mulan". Generosity Tested A sacred night The Jade Emperor’s decree requires creatures to feed any hungry visitor during the seventh-month full moon.

A Feast for Strangers from "Mulan". Generosity Tested A sacred night The Jade Emperor’s decree requires creatures to feed any hungry visitor during the seventh-month full moon.

Generosity Tested A sacred night The Jade Emperor’s decree requires creatures to feed any hungry visitor during the seventh-month full moon. The Rabbit’s response When the Rabbit’s carefully collected feast is stolen, he offers himself to the disguised beggar rather than leave him hungry.

Immortality Granted Immortality Granted from "Mulan". A Reward with a New Purpose The revelation The beggar reveals himself as the Jade Emperor and restores the Rabbit from the fire.

Immortality Granted from "Mulan". A Reward with a New Purpose The revelation The beggar reveals himself as the Jade Emperor and restores the Rabbit from the fire.

A Reward with a New Purpose The revelation The beggar reveals himself as the Jade Emperor and restores the Rabbit from the fire. A heavenly vocation The Rabbit becomes immortal and joins the Moon Lady, later traveling to Earth to heal the sick.

The Healer’s Arrival The Healer’s Arrival from "Mulan". Service on Earth A disguise The Rabbit appears as a lordly healer and recognizes that Xiu’s spider bite is no ordinary injury.

The Healer’s Arrival from "Mulan". Service on Earth A disguise The Rabbit appears as a lordly healer and recognizes that Xiu’s spider bite is no ordinary injury.

Service on Earth A disguise The Rabbit appears as a lordly healer and recognizes that Xiu’s spider bite is no ordinary injury. A mission interrupted He prepares to seek the missing flower, but the foxes attack before his journey can begin.

Poison and Declining Power Poison and Declining Power from "Mulan". The Healer Becomes Vulnerable Shared danger The White Fox’s poison weakens the Rabbit, who admits that he too may die by the new moon.

Poison and Declining Power from "Mulan". The Healer Becomes Vulnerable Shared danger The White Fox’s poison weakens the Rabbit, who admits that he too may die by the new moon.

The Healer Becomes Vulnerable Shared danger The White Fox’s poison weakens the Rabbit, who admits that he too may die by the new moon. A changed partnership As his strength fades, Mulan must take greater responsibility for the journey and the choices that might save them both.

Medicine and Return Medicine and Return from "Mulan". Recovery Through Trust The cure works After Mulan finds both ingredients, the Rabbit drinks the decoction and regains his strength.

Medicine and Return from "Mulan". Recovery Through Trust The cure works After Mulan finds both ingredients, the Rabbit drinks the decoction and regains his strength.

Recovery Through Trust The cure works After Mulan finds both ingredients, the Rabbit drinks the decoction and regains his strength. A continuing calling He accompanies Mulan home, heals Xiu, and leaves with his familiar promise that their paths may cross again.

In the Rabbit’s ancient past

Immediately after the sacrifice

The evening Xiu is bitten

During the journey, before the final deadline

At the garden on the new-moon evening