The ryomin included the nobles, who were high-ranking officials; low-ranking officials; general peasants, who were sometimes called 'public people'; and lower level functionaries, including semi-free skilled craftsmen known as 'shinabe' and 'zakko.'
良民は、高級官僚である貴族を初め、下級官人、一般の百姓（公民と呼ばれることもあった）、雑色人（品部・雑戸という工芸技術を持つ半自由民）があった。