Modern people who do this occasionally are typically regarded as pulling some strange stunt to draw attention to themselves. But the truth is they fall far short of how the ancients used to behave with their dogs. Tang beauties, the plump and the svelte, were the first to dress up their dogs.
現代人偶一為之，便被指為作怪；其實今人不過遵循古例，風氣實開於唐朝環肥燕瘦的麗人，人們也就不須太大驚小怪了。