What nine occupations do medicine, divination, astrology, physiognomy, soap, official, prostitute, actor and pawn represent respectively?

They respectively represent: doctors, wizards, astrologers, astrologers, poor officials, scale workers, prostitutes, actors, pawns and other occupations.

1, wizard:

Witchcraft is an attempt to influence or control some people and things with the help of supernatural mysterious forces. In ancient times, female performers were called witches and wizards. From the nature of witchcraft, witchcraft can be divided into black witchcraft and white witchcraft. Black witchcraft refers to witchcraft used when framing others; White witchcraft is used when praying for good luck, so it is also called auspicious witchcraft.

2. Astrologers:

In ancient times, astrologers predicted all kinds of things in the world by observing the positions of celestial bodies, the sun, the moon and stars and their various changes and explaining them. Astrology believes that celestial bodies, especially planets and constellations, predict the changes of everything in the world in a causal or accidental way.

3. Fortune teller:

A fortune teller in the old days. In the eyes of the ancients, fortune telling is an inscrutable knowledge. They can see the future of people at a glance, and they can tell the direction of the world in a few words.

4. Official tasks:

The functions of ancient officials were to arrest prisoners, escort prisoners and assist in judicial trials.

5, scale (scale hand):

It is a broker who serves buyers and sellers and collects small labor fees. It is the middleman between buyers and sellers, a profession that comes from fairness.

Extended data:

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.

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96 _ Baidu Encyclopedia

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Wizard _ Baidu Encyclopedia

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Fortune teller _ Baidu Encyclopedia