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Chinese name
Xiajiuliu
source
Han Shu's literature and art
spell
Sia ·jiǔ· incarnation Liu
kind
Words and phrases
Corresponding terms
Shangjiuliu
origin
Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-25 AD)
concept
In ancient times, social strata were divided into nine grades according to the level of nobility and inferiority. Later, with the complexity of social division of labor, the saying of "upper nine streams, middle nine streams and lower nine streams" was derived. It should be noted that this method of dividing people is the dregs of feudal thought, even in ancient times, it was only a universal culture and was not respected by the mainstream literati class.
3. Basically, it can be summarized as: first-class actor, second-rate pusher, third-rate tortoise, fourth-class tortoise, five shaved heads, six back rubs, seven prostitutes, eight thieves, and nine soot blowers (hookah vendors).
Shangjiuliu: First-rate Buddha (Sakyamuni), second-rate immortal (Yuanshi Tianzun, Taishang Laojun, Eight Immortals, etc. ), the third-rate emperor (the real dragon emperor and feudal emperor), the fourth-rate official (the big and small official), the fifth-rate cooking pot (the winery, once the biggest manufacturer in feudal times), the sixth-rate pawn (the pawn shop), the seven merchants (the merchants), the eight guests (the manor owner) and the nine Zhuang fields. This statement seems to be influenced by Taoist pastoral taste)
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Zhong Jiuliu: First-class doctor (doctor, doctor, pharmacist), third-class feng shui (Mr. Feng Shui, yin and yang teacher), fourth-class batch (batch of eight characters, fortune telling), fifth-class painter (calligraphy and painting), sixth-class physiognomy (physiognomy, fortune telling), seven monks (monks) and eight Taoist priests (guqin chess).
5. First-class shaman (southern witch doctor draws spells to attract gods to exorcise ghosts), second-rate prostitute (public prostitute and private prostitute), third-rate god (wizard possessed by immortals to cure diseases through dancing), fourth-rate bangzi (watchman), five-shaved barber (barber who carries burdens everywhere), six-blown (drummer) and seven actors (various actors). Actually, it's not. Seventy-two lines are included, because every first-class industry name includes many professions of peers or similar peers. For example, the fifth-rate "barber" in the second-rate includes pedicure, waiter, rickshaw puller, massage, shop assistant, dancer, helper and other service industries.
divide
In ancient China, people were divided into nine streams according to their status. More complicated are the upper nine streams, the middle nine streams and the lower nine streams. For example, Ban Gu divided a hundred schools of thought contending during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period into nine streams:
Confucianism, Taoism, Mohism, Legalism, Militarism, Miscellaneous, Famous, Yin and Yang, Peasant.
It can also be called Confucianism, Taoism and so on. Later, Confucianism and Taoism became "religion" and Buddhism, and there was a saying of "three religions and nine streams".
Ancient folks divided Jianghu people into upper and lower classes;
Shangjiuliu: Monks, Taoist priests, painters, practitioners, geomancers, fortune tellers, Mr. Xue, pharmacies;
Dirty people: actresses, maids, prostitutes, beggars, villains, hairdressers, pawnbrokers, kitchen chefs, bathhouses, carpenters.
The reason why the first nine kinds of people enter the upper class seems to lie not in how noble their status is, but in their frequent contact with the upper class and a little light.
Another way is to classify all people in society, so there are three streams:
Shangjiuliu: emperors, sages, hermits, children's immortals, literati, warriors, farmers, workers and businessmen.
Zhong Jiuliu: Ju Zi, Doctor, Xiang Ming, Dan Qing (painter), scholar, monk, Tao, Ni.
Dirty people: master, servant, scale (scale), matchmaker, pawn, time demon (kidnapper, witch), thief, thief and prostitute.