Sichuan Shu brocade is very famous. Around the Song Dynasty, Sichuan presented ten kinds of brocade to the emperor, that is, ten kinds of brocade with different patterns, each with its own name. Later, things of the same type and different colors were called "assorted".

Nowadays, the mixture of different types of similar things is also called assorted dishes, such as assorted side dishes.

It's a long story-even the dictionary doesn't necessarily have this answer. Even if there is, it must be inaccurate, because I just want to find out this problem myself.

It is said that Sichuan Shu brocade is very famous. About the Song Dynasty, the tribute emperors in Sichuan had "ten kinds of brocade", that is, ten kinds of brocade with different patterns, each with its own name, but now I only remember one kind called "elephant eye", which is probably a parallel square pattern.

Later, things of the same type and different colors were called "assorted", which is the abbreviation of "ten kinds of brocade"