What does the official suit case of the Ming Dynasty represent?

According to Ming Hui Dian, the twenty-four years of Hongwu (139 1), the complement patterns are: Gong, Hou, Xu and Bo: Kirin and Bai Ze; Civil servants embroider birds to show civilization: one crane, two golden pheasants, three peacocks, four geese, five silver pheasants, six egrets and seven birds? Swallows, eight orioles and nine quails; Military attache embroiders animals, demonstrating fiercely: one product, two products of lion, three products, four products of tiger and leopard, five products of bear, six products of tiger, seven products of tiger, eight products of rhinoceros and nine products of seahorse; Miscellaneous duties: practicing magpies; Feng Xianguan: I'm embarrassed. In addition, there are other patterns with the theme of pythons and bullfights, which should belong to the category of "giving clothes" in the Ming Dynasty. In the Ming Dynasty, tonic medicine also followed the old name of Yuan Dynasty, which was called "chest back" or "pattern".

The Qing dynasty continued to use tonics of the Ming dynasty, and the pattern content was basically the same, with slight differences in each grade. Usually: first-class crane, second-class golden pheasant, third-class peacock, fourth-class goose, fifth-class silver pheasant, sixth-class egret, seventh-class? Eight quails, nine sparrows; Military attache: unicorn, lion, leopard, tiger, bear, tiger, rhinoceros and seahorse.

Tonics used by officials in Ming and Qing dynasties all appeared in the form of prescription tonics. Compared with Ming dynasty, tonics in Qing dynasty were few and paired, but the front piece was generally split and the back piece was a whole piece. The main reason is that the tonic in Qing dynasty is a coat with an inner shape.