What kind of people are the "noble people" that the ancients often said?

Our understanding of noble people is people who are of great help to ourselves. In ancient times, it had multiple meanings.

1, dignitaries. From "Twenty-nine Years of Gu Liang Chuan Xiang Gong": "Bitch, not expensive; Noble people go unpunished; Punishing people is not close. "

2. Female official name. After the reign of Emperor Guangwu of Han Dynasty, he was second only to the empress. Successive dynasties followed its name, but the grades were different. "The Biography of the Empress in the Later Han Dynasty": "Besides, he is strong in martial arts, simple in carving, and the title of the Sixth Palace is only for the queen and the nobles. Noble people are golden purple, but they can't take dozens of millet. " Cao's inner precept of the Three Kingdoms: "Today, you are a noble person, with a gold seal and a blue shirt, and a very high title for women." Song Gaocheng's "Shi Ji Yu Juan Ming Fu Guiren": "Emperor Guangwu of Han Dynasty made a noble wife, which is rare in past dynasties. The Song Dynasty did restore the noble."

3. The provincial name of eunuch is "China Noble". Tang Hanyu's Epitaph of Gong Li in Shaoyin, Henan Province: "The son of heaven made the nobles hold the purple-gold fish to give it to them, and lived for three years, and the state name was governance." Tang Hanyu's poem "Huashan Girl": "Tianmen nobles call, and Liugong is willing to know Yan Xing."

4. The groom's nickname. Rebirth 17: "Deacons lined up in the street one after another, swinging from side to side to cover the nobles. The royal banquet goes first, and the two media go first. " Zhou Libo's Family Beyond the Mountain: "I picked some camellias in the mountain and prepared to give them to the new rich and the bride."