Why were merchants considered the lowest class of Japanese feudal society, according to Confucian principles?

According to Confucian philosophy, society could not survive without agriculture. One-Third were artisans because they produced nonessential goods.

Explanation:

Merchants were at the bottom of the social order because they generated wealth without producing any goods.

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