 In East Asia, skirts that are called "qun" (裙) or "chang" (裳) in Chinese were also worn by men as well as dresses from ancient times until the end of the Qing dynasty in 1911.The Qin warriors of the first dynasty of Imperial China, wore a skirt-like tunic and a protective cuirass of bronze plates as can be seen on the excavated figures of the famous Terracotta Army.Portraits and statues of the revered Chinese scholar, Confucius show him wearing ample, enveloping silk robes.