Ancient Official Dress Grades and Patterns

Answer 1

The official uniforms of different dynasties had different rules on their grades and patterns:
- ** Tang Dynasty **: In terms of the color of official robes, the third grade and above wore purple robes, the fourth grade wore dark scarlet, the fifth grade wore light scarlet, the sixth grade wore dark green, the seventh grade wore light green, the eighth grade wore dark cyan, the ninth grade wore light cyan, and later the eighth and ninth grade wore green. From top grade to bottom grade, the belt ornaments were jade, gold, silver, and jade stone. On the patterns, civil officials embroidered birds, military officers embroidered animals, kings to Jinwu Guards each had different patterns of birds and animals, and officials above the seventh grade embroidered patterns of silk, officials above the fifth grade embroidered patterns of carvings, fish, eagles, flowers and plants, kings embroidered patterns of dragons and deer, prime ministers embroidered phoenix ponds, ministers embroidered wild geese, and left and right generals embroidered unicorns.
- ** Song Dynasty **: Above the third grade wear purple robes, above the fifth grade wear red robes, above the seventh grade wear green robes, above the ninth grade wear green robes. On the patterns, the first and second grades of official uniforms were dragons, the third, fourth and fifth grades were mountains and rivers, and the fifth and lower grades were flowers and birds.
- ** Ming Dynasty **: First to fourth grade officials can wear red robes, fifth to seventh grade officials can wear green robes, eighth and ninth grade officials and idle officials can wear green official robes. The official robes began to be embroidered with large patches.
- ** Qing Dynasty **: Birds were embroidered on the official robes of civil officials. Crane was embroidered on the first grade, pheasant was embroidered on the second grade, peacock was embroidered on the third grade, wild goose was embroidered on the fourth grade, white roc was embroidered on the fifth grade, egret was embroidered on the sixth grade, swan was embroidered on the seventh grade, quail was embroidered on the eighth grade, and magpie was embroidered on the ninth grade. Beasts were embroidered on the official robes of military officers. Kirin was embroidered on the first grade, lion was embroidered on the second grade, leopard was embroidered on the third grade, tiger was embroidered on the fourth grade, bear was embroidered on the fifth grade, tiger was embroidered on the sixth grade, rhinoceros was embroidered on the seventh grade, and seahorse was embroidered on the ninth grade.

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