Ancient officials of different grades is not the belt is also different?

The generation wore purple robes. Waist yellow tie yellow belt is more than three officials

According to the "New Tang Dynasty book - vehicle clothing Zhi" recorded,

Three more than the robe purple, bundled with gold and jade belt, thirteen 銙 (mounted on the belt hanging 鞢 〓 belt belt with a decorative role).

Fourth-grade robes were dark scarlet, with eleven gold belts.

The fifth-grade robe was light scarlet, with ten gold belts.

Sixth grade robe dark green, silver belt nine.

The seventh-grade robe was light green, with nine silver belts.

The eighth-grade robe was dark green,

the ninth-grade robe was light green, and the jade stone belt was eight.

The yellow color of the uniforms of the foreign officials and the common people, and the copper and iron belt with seven quills (in the first year of the General Chapter, the yellow color of the uniforms of the foreign officials and the common people was prohibited, which has been mentioned above).

Tang Emperor Longshuo two years (662 AD) for fear of the eight robes and clothing dark green messy purple (ancient indigo with indigo repeatedly dipped and dyed in dark green with red light, so I'm afraid of mixing with the purple), changed to turquoise.

Since the Spring and Autumn Period, Duke Huan of Qi (685 BC to 643 years before the reign) wearing purple robes to start, only to determine the purple for the top of the color pattern of clothing, to the Song and Yuan have remained unchanged. It was only in the Ming Dynasty that it was replaced by the color red.

The so-called jade belt, usually refers to the leather belt decorated with jade, that is, leather belt, is a symbol of the taste of ancient officials. The jade products used to decorate leather belts were called "kuǎ" (带銙, sound collapsed), commonly known as jade belt plates. Early jade belt is a kind of mincing (diéxiè, sound disk Xie) belt, that is, leather belt above the jade at the same time there are many hooks and rings and so on, used to hook hanging small utensils or ornaments and other things. Mincing belt only a 鞓 (tīng, sound hall), a buckle, without thallium (tā, sound it) tail.