In the past, people were divided into nine grades. What are these nine grades?

According to ancient classification: one official, two officials, three monks, four roads, five doctors, six workers, seven craftsmen, eight prostitutes, nine scholars and ten beggars.

Ban Gu (AD 32-92), a historian and writer in the Eastern Han Dynasty, divided ancient and modern figures into "nine scales" in his Ren Jin Table of Han Shugu, which was divided into three levels: upper (intellectual), middle (human) and lower (foolish). In each grade, it is divided into three grades: upper, middle, upper, upper, middle, lower and lower.

Extended data:

Another way of saying it: in feudal society, people were divided into nine classes.

First class, royalty.

The second category, aristocratic families (people who serve the government).

Third class, noble.

The fourth category, gentry (imperial examination Jinshi).

The fifth category, Zu Feng (skilled craftsman).

The sixth category, the haozu, is the businessman.

Seventh grade, landlord.

Eighth class citizen.

Primitive people had to live in groups in order to survive. Everyone contributes, and everyone has food. However, human beings need to develop. When they go out, there is always an order, and rights arise. It is impossible for everyone to have rights, so talents are graded.

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Baidu encyclopedia-nine-level household system

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