Answered by Meggie | Sep. 04, 2012 20:09
Hi, the popular job at that time was the minister of the imperial court. Besides, the Ming Dynasty citizens liveed on selling some necessity of life, such as the local snack, cooking tools, cloth. They could be called pedlar. There were also some businessmen during that period, but they were not well respected by the society.
Anyway, due to the restriction of the economy and political form, they did not have so many kinds of jobs as nowadays.