What does it mean to carry purple waist gold on your back?

Purple waist and gold on the back means wearing a purple robe and gold ornaments on the waist. Refers to being a high official.

Wearing a purple robe and a goldfish bag on his waist, he dressed up as an ancient official. It is a metaphor for being a high official.

Source: Yuan·Anonymous's "The Sons of the Eunuchs Stand Wrongly": "I expect you to carry purple waist gold, how do you know you are useless!"

The synonym is "clothes purple waist gold"; the antonym is Destitute.

Official positions with purple waist and gold in ancient times:

Notes from "Fish Bag" in Volume 31 of "Tang Huiyao": "On September 17, the first year of Shenlong (705) The kings and princes of lower ranks were allowed to wear goldfish bags. "It was stipulated in the Tang Dynasty that officials of the third rank and above should wear purple; the fourth and fifth ranks should wear scarlet (vermilion); the sixth and seventh ranks should wear green; and the eighth and ninth ranks should wear green. The fish bags for officials above the third rank are decorated with gold and are called gold fish bags; the fish bags for officials above the fifth rank are decorated with silver and are called silver fish bags.

In ancient times, people with purple waist and gold on their backs should be high-ranking officials of the third rank or above, and later it was generally referred to as high-ranking officials