The history of the emperor wearing a yellow robe.
Nowadays, in many historical TV dramas, as long as there is an emperor, no matter which dynasty, the director will make him wear a yellow robe. In Zhao Yan's view, this is very funny.
The history of the emperor wearing a yellow robe is actually not long ago. Emperor Wendi of Sui Dynasty was the first emperor in China to wear a yellow robe. The emperors before Sui Dynasty didn't wear a yellow robe at all. Wang Fuzhi's History as a Mirror in the Ming Dynasty said: "In the first year of Sui Dynasty, Huang was the main service, and it was established as a regular system."
Although the Sui emperor began to wear yellow robes, he was not loyal to "communicating with your officials". The Book of Rites of Sui Shu also records that Yang Di the Great wrote an imperial edict for six years (665,438+00): "Petty officials are green, Shu Ren is white, butchers are black, and foot soldiers are yellow." Soldiers can also wear yellow clothes. After the Sui Dynasty, the yellow robe was the professional uniform of emperors.
The history of scholars forbidding to wear yellow shirts.
It was first customized in the Tang Dynasty. For example, the Book of the Old Tang Dynasty: "At the beginning of Wude, due to the old system of the Sui Dynasty, the emperor's banquet clothes were also called uniforms, and only yellow robes and shirts were used, and then red and yellow were gradually used, so it was forbidden for scholars to wear red and yellow clothes." Elvis Presley, a poet in the Song Dynasty, pointed out in "Forbidden Yellow" in "Wild Guest Series": "Tang Gaozu Wu Dechu ... was forbidden to take clothes, and since then he has been forbidden to take yellow clothes. When I arrived at Ming Chengzu Tianbao's room ... and I can't use yellow things. " The explicit prohibition in the Tang Dynasty made yellow a special color for emperors.
Many people know this story. The emperor of the Song Dynasty also inherited the system of the Sui Dynasty, wearing a yellow robe, and Zhao Kuangyin also wore a yellow robe. "History of Song Dynasty, Yu Fu Zhi" records: "The Tang Dynasty was written in Sui Dynasty ... In the Song Dynasty, it was written in ochre and light yellow robes, with Yu Pei red ribbon and soap, so it was given a big banquet. There are also ochre, pale yellow gowns and red gowns, all worn by regular dynasties. " But the Song Dynasty was not as autocratic as the Tang Dynasty, and people were forbidden to wear all-yellow clothes. Chen Yun, a poet in the Song Dynasty, wrote in "A Short Story in Yingchuan Language": "According to the order of the state, women and children are not allowed to wear pure red and yellow clothes."
Pure red and yellow mean "red yellow" or "ochre yellow". In the Song Dynasty, only male subjects were forbidden to wear ochre yellow clothes, and women and children were not restricted and could wear clothes of any color at will. Yuan Shikai made it clear: "Shu Ren must never take ochre yellow." Compared with the Song Dynasty, the regulations were stricter. But the Ming Dynasty was more strict, stipulating that the clothes of subjects could not be yellow, dark black, willow yellow, turmeric or bright yellow. Not to mention the Qing Dynasty, people's clothes "dyed yellow" will definitely die. Comparing these dynasties, Zhao Yan thought that the Song Dynasty was more relaxed, enlightened and open. After the Sui Dynasty, only the Song Dynasty was the least autocratic in the clothes of ordinary people. Society is also the most beautiful and colorful.
It is necessary to find out what kind of yellow shirt he is wearing. If it is "pure red, yellow and white", it is definitely forbidden; If it is light yellow, light yellow, warbler yellow and pink yellow, it is not illegal.
There were many poems in the Song Dynasty describing people who wore yellow clothes instead of pure red and yellow. Such as light yellow: "The square group is sitting around, and the cup is long, full of deep red and light yellow." (Chen Zao); Such as light yellow: "A light yellow shirt and a golden skirt will always remember you." (liuyong); For example, Ying Huang said, "Jasper jade supports the clouds, and Ying Huang retires her red skirt, and her makeup competes for flowers and plants." (Zhang Xian); Such as pink yellow: "pink yellow is thin and stained with musk dust. Wake up as a southern spring dream. " (be careful); Wait, no official confession.
Since the court banned the folk from using pure red and yellow, folk dyehouses naturally dared not dye pure red and yellow cloth, so the finished product "Huang Ge" in market circulation was light yellow or light yellow, which was legal. Therefore, the yellow shirt worn by Yang Guo should be sewn by Little Dragon Girl with "Huang Ge", which is not illegal.