There is no special record of chivalrous costumes in pre-Qin classics. Lutz, a disciple of Confucius, is a "crowned chicken with dolphins", that is, wearing a crowned hat and decorated with wild boar fangs to show his bravery. Feng Youlan thought that this might be the decoration of the ranger at that time.
Han Fei's Wu Zhu talks about Confucianism and chivalry, saying that the former is "well dressed and contending", while the latter is "sword bearer", "sword bearer" or "ranger and sword bearer". It can be seen that Confucianism mostly wears bright clothes, while chivalrous men have no other special clothes except swords.
Since the Han Dynasty, the wearing of a ranger is not limited to swords, but also bows and arrows. Young rogue "takes Qingzhou reed as crossbow, rides demon clothes lightly and chases the road".
Cao Zhi's "White Horse" was decorated with gold and rose to the northwest. Excuse me, whose house is quiet? Are you a ranger? ",Bao Zhao's" quasi-ancient poems "said," You pay equal attention to riding and shooting, and teenagers want to chase. Felt with double cymbals, like an arc with carved clothes ",until the Ming Dynasty Wu's" Mingdu ","The name of this city is so beautiful, and this young man is so handsome. "A thousand dollars to decorate a sword and a hundred dollars to decorate a saddle" is not only a poetic exaggeration, but a realistic blueprint. "
He Xun's "Quasi-frivolous Articles" said that "the beautiful teenagers in the east of the city have both weight and lightness." Zhedan is decorated with beads, while the white horse is decorated with gold ",Yan Xu's" White Horse "said that" when a teenager arrives in the county, he swims into the cold. The sword cuts Jingshan jade, and the bullet handle follows the bead tile. The projectile is just enough to distinguish and aggravate the identity.
Although some chivalrous men don't give up production and don't like doing business, because of their reputation, rich and powerful people are happy to swim with them and make a fortune without worrying about their livelihood. Such as Guo Jie and Lou Hu, heroes of the Han Dynasty. The former moved to Maoling, and the princes made tens of millions; The latter's mother died, and the undertaker sent as many as two or three thousand cars. Even some people who can't be called Xia Kui sometimes get a stable life without blowing dust.
However, most of the chivalrous men in cloth who live in winding roads and lanes in the countryside are unwilling to bury their heads in farming and live a self-reliant and plain life.