TỨ DÂN
Sĩ Nông Công Thương (Four categories of the people)
- April, 2016 -
The four occupations or "four categories of the people" was a hierarchic social class structure developed in ancient Vietnam by either Confucian or Legalist scholars as far back as the late Zhou Dynasty and is considered a central part of the Fengjian social structure.
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The Shi: gentry scholars
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The Nong: peasant farmers
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The Gong: artisans and craftmens
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The Shang: merchants and traders
