Are there any examples of high and low occupations in ancient times?

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)

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).

Xia Jiuliu: First-rate wizards (southern wizards who draw spells to attract gods to exorcise ghosts), second-rate prostitutes (prostitutes in secret), third-rate gods (wizards possessed by immortals who treat diseases in the form of dancing), fourth-rate bangzi (night watchman), fifth-rate hairdressers (barbers who carry burdens everywhere), sixth-rate trumpeters (trumpeters), and seventh-rate performers (each) It even includes 72 lines, 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, massage, shop assistant, dancer, helper and other service industries.

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.