In fact, it wasn't until the Tang dynasty that the notion of justice became a more common piece of the wandering knight's baggage. As the concept of the knight-errant began to develop along more positive lines, a strong sense of justice became central to the image and the popular imagination whitewashed over the darker history of the knights.
遊俠的「正義」面貌直到唐代才逐漸被固定，大俠朝著正面一路發展，形象高大正義，與不稱頭的鼠輩已完全撇清。