The Research On Confucian Clothes And Ornaments In China Ancient Times

The study of ancient China trappings is an important component of the study of China ancient history. The trappings is not only the instantiation of the material culture, but also the result of the integration of many factors such as history, politics, economic, military and culture. So, through the trappings we can dialyze the different social background and status of every dynasty. Just as Mr. Guo moruo said, the study of ancient trappings can reflect the locus of the development of ethnic culture.Since the book which was wrote by Mr. Shen congwen in the 1980s was published, the study of trappings had arouse wide concern and achieved many academic profits. But the research of ancient trappings have paid much attention to funeral clothing, women's clothing, minority nationality's clothing, trappings customs and comprehensive research but little attention to the systemic and embedded research of Confucian clothes. Trappings are the exterior sign of the identity, industry role, political standpoint, mind-set and individual character. Confucian clothes response not only the identity, industry role, political standpoint, mind-set and individual character of the Confucian scholars but also the social customs in a given period, the clothing policy of ruler and the history and political position of Confucian and Confucian scholars in this period from a profile. The comprehensive systemic study to ancient China Confucian clothes by making certain its detailed pattern in every history developing stage, its prevalent hierarchy and category, its hidden political and cultural implication, its status in all clothes have all-important learning value and real significance to understand and grasp China traditional trappings culture and aesthetic perception and look for sally port of modern trappings reform from history.This article makes every effort to do comprehensive and tridimensional study to China ancient Confucian clothes in order to display its detailed pattern in every history developing stage intuitively and grasp its developing venation and evolving discipline. This article discourse mainly from the following five aspects:The first part, does lognitudinal pectination to the developing venation of Confucian clothes from the following six stages: the pre-Qin period, the West and East Han Dynasty, the Wei-jin and Southern and Northern Dynasties, the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the Song and Yuan Dynasties and the Ming and Qing dynasties and appears intuitively the detailed pattern of every period mainly from picture and archeology datas.The second part, reveals evolving discipline of Confucian clothes by grasping its developing venation. This part mainly reveals the influence of the clothing policy of ruler, society alteration and the social and political position of Confucian to Confucian clothes in order to make certain its hidden political and cultural implication.The third part, elaborates the interactive influence between Confucian clothes and social environment mainly from two aspect: Confucian clothes and social customs, Confucian clothes and Daoism clothes. And this part does horizontal comparison between Confucian clothes and Daoism, Buddhism clothes in order to find their common and different element and their interaction. The fourth part, discourses the tenue of Confucian clothes and the hidden cultural implication in clothes emblazonry from four aspects: the outward manifestation of Confucian scholars'demeanour, the token of rate and ethics notion, the reflection of the notion of'the union of nature and man', the performance of'fully inclusive and equitable'of the Confucian in order to show the culture and aesthetic notion of Confucian clothes'pattern and color, the viewpoint of trappings, the Weltanschauung and philosophical viewpoint of the Confucian.The fifth part, Confucian clothes which is the part of the Hanfu has a very important position confronting to the renewed trend of traditional culture and the Hanfu. This part discusses the importantce of Confucian clothes to understand and grasp China traditional trappings culture and aesthetic perception and look for sally port of modern trappings reform from history.Based on the parts of the paper, we can have a perspective to the Confucianism in the Confucian clothes. The Confucian convey their thoughts to others and influent the sociogroup through their clothes. The presentation of the developing venation and evolving discipline of Confucian clothes not only explains clearly the characteristics of social customs and the Confucianism in every period but also proves that the clothes evolvement is an effulgent history book.