State-registered merchants, who were forced by law to wear white-colored clothes and pay high commercial taxes, were considered by the gentry as social parasites with a contemptible status.
Statligt registrerade köpmän, som av lagen tvingades att antingen bära vitfärgade kläder och betala höga kommersiella skatter, ansågs av lågadeln som sociala parasiter med en föraktlig status.