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'''''Ch'ŏnmin''''' (), or "vulgar commoners", were the lowest caste of commoners in dynastical Korea. They abounded during the Goryeo (918–1392) and Joseon (1392–1897) periods of Korea's agrarian bureaucracy.

Key facts

Korean name/auto.hangul
천민
Korean name/auto.hanja
賤民

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of
caste
Country
Joseon
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next higher rank
Sangmin
native label
천민

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Encyclopedic overview

5 sections
Contents
  • Social class system
  • Legacy
  • Exceptions
  • See also
  • References

'''''Ch'ŏnmin''''' (), or "vulgar commoners", were the lowest caste of commoners in dynastical Korea. They abounded during the Goryeo (918–1392) and Joseon (1392–1897) periods of Korea's agrarian bureaucracy.

==Social class system==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cheonmin” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.