their duties, yamen runners were considered as a debased class (jianmin, 贱民), which is even lower than good commoners (liangmin, 良民) such as farmers....

number of slaves exploded. They became a class and were called "jianmin (贱民)", The word literally means "inferior person". As stated in The commentary...

of slaves exploded. They became a class and were called "jianmin (Chinese: 贱民)", The word literally means "inferior person". As stated in The commentary...

of slaves exploded. They became a class and were called "jianmin (Chinese: 贱民)", The word literally means "inferior person". As stated in The commentary...

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自恣，君臣之道，渐以陵替；宠之以位，位极则贱，顺之以恩，恩竭则慢。所以致弊，实由於此。) Sanguozhi vol. 35, Shu ji annotation. ((先是，南陽、三輔人流入益州數万家，收以為兵，名曰東州兵。璋性寬柔，無威略，東州人侵暴舊民，璋不能禁，政令多闕，益州頗怨。趙韙素得人...

July 12, 2013. Archived from the original on March 25, 2017. "魏大勋出演《城市猎人》自评萌贱". Sina (in Chinese). May 8, 2015. "从《毛岸英》到《伏弩》 魏大勋成革命剧新锐". Sina (in Chinese)...

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陆容《菽园杂记》：马尾裙始于朝鲜国，流入京师，京师人买服之，未有能织者。初服者惟富商、贵公子、歌妓而已。以后武臣多服之，京师始有织卖者，于是无贵无贱，服者日盛。至成化末年，朝臣多服之者矣。大抵服者下体虚奢，取观美耳。阁老万公安冬夏不脱；宗伯周公洪谟重服二腰；年幼侯伯、驸马至有以弓弦贯其齐者。大臣不服者惟黎吏侍淳一人而已。...

"天" means "sky" (天苍苍), "heaven" (天将降大任), "nature" (浑然天成), "weather" (心忧炭贱愿天寒); "长" means "length" (cháng, 长一身有半), "specialty" (cháng, 一技之长), "grow"...