Everyone has heard of the word "beast", but when it comes to this word, they will think that it is a derogatory word, and no one thinks of the good, describing someone who is dressed in a good outfit and does not do human affairs, just like a beast. But did you know that it wasn't a pejorative term at first? The word "dressed animal" is derived from the costumes of officials in the Ming Dynasty.
According to historical records, this Ming Dynasty official dressed civilian officials embroidered birds, and military attaches painted beasts. The content of the embroidery varies according to the grade. Civil officials one pin embroidered crane, two pin embroidered brocade chicken, three pin embroidered peacock, four pin embroidered cloud goose, five pin embroidered white quail, six pin embroidered heron, seven pin embroidered Mandarin duck, eight pin embroidered yellow oriole, nine pin embroidered quail. As for the military attaché, one product and two products painted lions, three products painted tigers, four products painted leopards, five products painted bears, six pins and seven pins will be Biao, eight pins paint rhinoceros, and nine pins paint seahorses. Therefore, in history, the dressed animals and beasts, it is a positive word, indicating that the official clothes are worn and the yellow Tengda is worn, and the people are noble in front of them.
However, in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, political corruption, this civilian official and military general began to oppress the people, doing no evil, resulting in the people's livelihood. Therefore, the people called the officials who oppressed the people "cloaked beasts." So, since then, the cloaked beast has become a derogatory term. It has been used until now to describe a certain person, morally corrupt, the appearance of a person, but the behavior is like a beast, it is said that this person is simply a dressed beast.
Although there were many corrupt officials in the Ming Dynasty, there was one person who was an exception, that is, Hai Rui, who was called "Hai Qingtian" by the people. Looking at Hai Rui's official uniform, can you guess how many pins he is from the pattern embroidered on the official uniform? Feel free to leave a message in the comments section to let me know.