Jisho

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Noun
1. hierarchy of samurai, farmers, artisans, and merchants in Edo societyHistorical term, Yojijukugo (four character compound)
Wikipedia definition
2. Four occupationsThe four occupations or "four categories of the people" was a hierarchic social class structure developed in ancient China 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 (c. 1046–256 BCE). In descending order, these were the shi, the nong (peasant farmers), the gong (artisans and craftsmen), and the shang (merchants and traders).
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