公元前1世纪的一天,罗马恺撒大帝去看戏,在包厢出现时,百官们都惊呆了。大帝穿的长袍灿若朝霞,美如鲜花,长长地拖曳在地毯上,如同一团轻烟。大家再也无心看戏,都把目光投向皇服,议论纷纷。后来才知道大帝穿的“天衣”是中国丝绸缝制的。当时,欧洲人穿厚重的亚麻服,做梦也没有想到世界上竞有如此轻盈绚丽的衣料。因此,西方人用最美的语言来赞誉中国丝绸,或称“小公主”,或称“天下第一织物”。一位罗马皇帝说丝绸“真像一个美丽的梦”。埃及诗人科斯麻士用诗的语言赞叹:“天堂是理想中的世界,可是人间却真有像天堂似的美妙的东西,这就是来自天之边缘赛里斯的丝绸。” One day BC in the first century BC, Caesar Rome went to the theater and all the officials were stunned when the boxes appeared. The gown worn by the great glorious glorious as beautiful flowers, long drag on the carpet, as a mass of smoke. Everyone is no longer interested in watching the movies, have their sights on the imperial dresses, talked about. Only then did I know that the “Heaven” worn by the Great was sewn by Chinese silk. At that time, Europeans wearing thick linen clothes, never dreamed of competing in the world so gorgeous fabrics. Therefore, Westerners use the most beautiful language to praise Chinese silk, or “little princess,” or “the best in the world.” One Roman emperor said that silk “is like a beautiful dream.” Egyptian poet Cosmos praised the poetic language: "Heaven is the ideal world, but the world really has something wonderful like heaven, which is Silk from the edge of Ceres.