This picture shows a Shaolin monk.
The robe hangs on the right shoulder,
and runs down to his left hip.
The robe covers up the right arm and the right side of the chest,
while leaving the left arm and chest exposed.
A previous post discussed the Toga, an example of which is shown in this picture.
A Toga runs from under the right side of the arm,
up and over to the left side of the body,
where it hangs on the left shoulder.
A Toga leaves the covers the left chest and left arm,
while leaving the right arm exposed.
A different previous post focused on the robes of a Buddhist Monk.
The Buddhist robes, like the Toga, run from under the right arm,
up and over to the left side of the body,
where it hangs on the left shoulder.
Also like the Toga, the Buddhist robes cover the left chest,
while leaving the right chest and arm exposed.
Both of those previous posts claimed both the Toga and the Buddhist Robes were designed the way they were to mimic sensations that could be felt within human bodies that have been changed in a particular way.
That is also the reason why the Shaolin Monk Robes were designed the way they were. To mimic sensations the Shaolin Monks felt within the body as the result of training in Shaolin Kung Fu.
It seems reasonable to describe Shaolin Monks as aggressive because of their practice of Kung Fu, which is the Chinese name for hand to hand combat.
Buddhist Monks could be described as passive because Buddhism is associated with peacefulness. A Toga, while harder to pin down what it represents, could be associated with peaceful intellectual pursuits.
It is therefore intriguing to wonder if the reason the Toga and the Buddhist Robe leave the right shoulder exposed,
is because the bodily sensations the Toga and the Buddhist Robe are meant to mimic are the result of a peaceful mental attitude, and the reason Shaolin Monk Robes leave the left shoulder exposed,
is because the bodily sensations the Shaolin Monk Robe is meant to mimic are the result of a more aggressive, hand to hand combat oriented mental attitude.