Lub hauv paus chiv keeb ntawm 'yunjian' (hais tias "huab-zoo li lub xub pwg cape") tuaj yeem taug qab mus rau yav dhau los -Qin thiab Han dynasties, nrog rau nws cov duab pom ntxov tshaj plaws tshwm sim hauv Sui Dynasty murals ntawm Dunhuang. Los ntawm Yuan Dynasty tom ntej, nws hloov zuj zus mus rau hauv ib qho khoom siv sib txawv hnav nyob ib ncig ntawm caj dab thiab hla lub xub pwg nyom.
Los ntawm Yuan Dynasty, 'yunjian' tau txais ib daim qauv qauv thiab tau muab tso rau hauv cov txheej txheem ntawm kev hnav ris tsho; 'History of Yuan' (Treatise on Carriages and Clothing) piav txog nws tus qauv tsim zoo li plaub huab -zoo li tus vaj huam sib luag dai rau hauv qab. Lub sijhawm dhau los, nws tuaj yeem hnav feem ntau thaum lub caij ua koob tsheej lossis tshoob kos. Nws cov koob meej tau nce siab thaum lub sijhawm Ming thiab Qing dynasties, thaum nws tau los ua ib feem tseem ceeb ntawm kev tshoob kos thiab hnav hla txhua qhov kev sib raug zoo. Thaum lub sij hawm Qing Dynasty, 'yunjian' crafted los ntawm artisans nyob rau hauv Guangzhou- xws li nto moo "Manila shawls"- tau raug xa tawm mus rau Tebchaws Europe ntawm Maritime Silk Road, dhau los ua lub cim ntawm Western zam.
Tom qab tsim lub koom pheej ntawm Tuam Tshoj, 'yunjian' maj mam ploj mus los ntawm kev hnav txhua hnub, ua rau kev ua yeeb yam ua yeeb yam thiab kev ua tshoob. Cov khoom siv feem ntau muaj qhov "plaub-ib ntu *ruyi*" (scepter-} taub hau) tsim, muaj ob txheej uas muaj yim huab- zoo li lub vaj huam sib luag; Txhua lub vaj huam sib luag yog embroidered nrog motifs xws li paj, noog, thiab kab mus rau scenes los ntawm cov dab neeg ua yeeb yam. Tsim kom muaj qhov zoo nkauj *yunjian* yog lub sijhawm- siv cov txheej txheem uas yuav tsum tau ua haujlwm tshwj xeeb. Cov paj ntaub siv ntau yam txuj ci-xws li couching, qia plooj, cais plooj, ntoo thuv-koob plooj, noob plooj, kub- xov xwm txheej, thiab satin plooj{10}} ua rau muaj ntau hom kev sib txawv. Nyob rau lub sijhawm tsis ntev los no, tau tsav los ntawm "Guofeng" (tsim suav style) qauv, * yunjian * tau rov qab los, tshwm sim ntawm cov xwm txheej xws li lub lim tiam zam.
