NP{vadN}commonthe general public; the (taxpaying) people (i.e. the entire population, particularly the common people like the peasants, often apparently excluding the non-tax-paying dependents)
NP{vadN}unspecifiedthe people
NP{vadN}wellbornthe people who count; the gentry (i.e. primarily the wellborn people)
NPagentthe people (not necessarily only those who had family names)
NPpost-N{PLACE}天下百性
NPpostVtobjectthe people (as grammatical object)
NP(post-N)definitethe people ruled by the contextually determinate NCH