There is no limit to dressing in the era of the Three Kings. However, it is said that there was "elephant punishment" in Tang Yu period, which was characterized by the transfer of physical criminal law to clothing. For example, "using grass tassels as hoes, Philippine shoes as hoes and Mongolian ink as palace palaces" does not directly harm the body, but is manifested in clothing, which serves as a warning and humiliation.
During the Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties, China was still in a slave society. Slave owners gave them food and clothing, so there was no restriction, not no choice. And the monarch has no right to restrain the obedience of the princes. Especially during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the princes competed for hegemony, the royal family declined, and the son of heaven existed in name only. The dress code of this period can refer to the Book of Rites and General Code.
The landlord said that the yellow robe should not be worn casually, which was only implemented in the Tang Dynasty. Before this, the yellow robe was not the emperor's exclusive color, and many dynasties did not advocate yellow. There are many kinds of yellow after the Tang Dynasty. Only bright yellow is used by the royal family, and other yellows are not strictly prohibited. Some forbid it, some can't help it, sometimes forbid it, sometimes can't help it.
The more complicated the clothing system, the more complicated it is, and the increase and decrease in each dynasty. During the reign of the emperor, he will also issue decrees on clothing according to the needs of rule.
For example, in the Seventh Year of Song Taiping's Rejuvenation, Emperor Taizong wrote: "The people's opinions, the system of cars and clothes, the difference of funerals. It has become quite arrogant in recent years. " Therefore, Liu Yun, a bachelor of Hanlin, was ordered to formulate a clothing system. "After a wealthy businessman riding a horse, painting a plain saddle can't help. In recent years, the official green robe and the white gauze are all purple, please ban them. Its private house casual clothes, Xu Zi soap clothes, white robes. Old system: Shu Ren wears white clothes. Now I ask foreign officials and tribute juren, as well as Shu Ren to allow him to bring soap. " And "in the letter to the detailed car service system. Please take the jade belt from the third level or above, the gold belt from the fourth level or above, and then you will be promoted to the imperial court. Although it didn't rise to the imperial court, it will give you a purple emblem and gold and silver to serve. Although those who are promoted to green should not wear a silver belt in public office, the other official uniforms should be black and silver square crotch and rhinoceros horn belt. Gong Shi, Xu Li, industry and commerce, and Shu Ren took the iron horn belt, but the gift giver did not use this system. "
In the past two years, people have been forbidden to wear purple clothes, women's fake buns, sell gold mud and gold and decorate real pearls. However, the custom of taking purple by literati was very popular at that time, and offenders were quite common, so it had to be banned in June of the first year of Daoguang. "The emperor is good at the times and customs, and there are many people who take the law, so it is forbidden." Soon, this custom of offering purple flowers was opened to the industrial and commercial class again.
It is not uncommon in past dynasties, and it is forbidden and solved, and it is forbidden. In addition, cars, servants, concubines and houses have corresponding regulations according to different classes. Only these regulations exist in name only among the people. Only officials in public places will really abide by it, and these people should do whatever they want when they get home.
I can only say a general idea about these systems here. If the landlord wants to know, I can recommend some books to you:
As mentioned above, The Book of Rites and The General Outline of the Book of Rites are records in this respect. There are also detailed institutional records in the history books of various dynasties.
Among the current books, the more detailed books I have read are:
Huamei, the history of China clothing
Shen Congwen, research on ancient Chinese costumes
General History of China Customs by Shanghai Literature and Art Publishing House.
Social life history series of China Social Sciences Publishing House
History of Ancient Architecture in China, China Building Industry Press.