In ancient China, there was a saying of "three religions and nine streams". What does "nine streams" mean?

In ancient China, there has always been a saying that there are three religions and nine streams. The three religions refer to Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, and the nine-stream theory first refers to the academic school, Hanshu? Artistic writing means that there are nine schools of Confucianism, Taoism, Mohism, Legalism, Fame, Miscellany, Agriculture, Soldiers, Yin and Yang, and a novelist, so it is usually called ten schools and nine schools!

Later, according to social status, people divided the nine streams into "upper nine streams", "middle nine streams" and "lower nine streams". This nine streams has nothing to do with nine streams and ten schools, but the concept of nine streams will also change in historical changes. During the reign of Mongolia, even scholars were considered to be inferior. Three religions and nine streams actually refer to all walks of life in ancient China, and they do everything, which usually contains derogatory meanings in novels.

In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, there was a jingle about second-rate performers, third-rate tortoise and fourth-rate tortoise, five shaves, six wipes, seven prostitutes and eight thieves, and nine blows.

There are also nine streams: first-class Buddha, second-rate fairy, third-rate emperor, fourth-rate official, fifth-rate boiler, sixth-rate pawn, seven merchants, eight customers and nine fields.

Zhong Jiuliu: First-rate doctor, second-rate doctor, third-rate geomantic omen, fourth-rate doctor, fifth-rate painter, sixth-rate painter, seven monks and eight ways, nine piano and nine chess.

First-rate witches, second-rate prostitutes, third-rate immortals, fourth-rate bangers, five bald heads, six blow players, seven plays, eight names, nine selling sugar.

Let's talk about 96. It is easy to understand that it is from first class to fourth class. The fifth-class boiling pot refers to burning wineries, the sixth-class pawnshop, the seventh-class businessman, the eighth-class guest, the manor owner, and Jiuzhuangtian, the farmer. In fact, every generation of farmers is poor, and farming is classified as the sixth year. We should realize that although the farmer's uncle doesn't have much money, he is an indispensable person to support generation after generation.

Zhong Jiuliu's third-rate geomantic omen is the yin-yang master who looks at geomantic omen, the fourth-rate group is the fortune teller who looks at eight characters, the fifth-rate group is the painter, and the sixth-rate group is the fortune teller. I feel that fortune telling and fortune telling are basically the same. ) Seven Monks, Eight Ways and Nine Qin Chess are also easy to understand.

Shaman is a shaman who draws spells to attract gods to exorcise ghosts. This profession is not common, but it still exists. Needless to say, second-rate prostitutes, third-rate immortals are also a kind of witches, seeking the possession of immortals to cure diseases in the form of singing and dancing. This profession can still be seen in many rural areas now.

The fourth-rate banger is a night watchman, and now he can't see it. A fifth-rate barber is a barber who walks around with his shoulders. In ancient times, his parents paid great attention to his figure and skin, and even his beard was rarely shaved. I feel that it is really difficult for hairdressers to make money.

The sixes are drummers and suona players. Seven performers are singers. Although ancient singers were quite popular, they were inevitably looked down upon, because in the eyes of the ancients, performers and singers were inseparable. Eight callers are beggars and nine sugar sellers are sugar blowers.

In fact, there are several versions of the saying that people are poor, many of which are due to the supremacy of ancient farming social customs and Confucianism, and there is a considerable degree of prejudice against jobs and manual workers with the nature of "vagrants". Just like the inferior people in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, pushing (coolies engaged in pushing goods by carts), wiping their backs, blowing dust (hookah vendors) and shaving their heads were all jobs of selling coolies, setting up stalls in the streets to make a living and serving the people, and they were all regarded as cheap goods and could not be respected by people.

With the establishment of New China, the feudal dross of this method of dividing people was abandoned by the times. There is no distinction between high and low in various industries, and workers should be respected!