From Chinese Imperial Palaces to British heraldry, kings love to see themselves as harnessing the power of dragons.

从中国的皇宫到英国的纹，君王们都喜欢比作驾驭龙之力的统治者。

Letters came, with armorial seals upon them, though of bearings unknown to English heraldry.

信件来了，上面有纹，尽管英国纹学不知道方位。

In the Middle Ages, heraldry allowed knights to show off family histories in amazing detail, lugging shields or banners into battle that explained their ancestry, whether they had married an heiress and their status as a first or younger son.

在中世纪，骑士们可以常精细的纹来炫耀家族历史，在战场上带着有家族纹的盾牌或旗帜可以阐明他们的血统，是否已经和一位女继承人结婚，或者是家中长子或幼子。