However, as Wang Yu-ching of Fujen Catholic University's GITC points out, although each dynasty established a new code of dress, the forms still changed only gradually. It was only with the Manchuria-based Qing dynasty, which required Han Chinese to change to Manchurian clothing, that there was a sharp, sudden change in clothing styles.
輔仁大學織品服裝系教授王宇清指出，歷朝雖然重新制訂衣冠制度，但樣式都是「漸變」的，唯獨滿清入關，易漢服為旗裝是「突變」。