be dismissed (/discharged) from one’s post and reduced to a common person ? 王黼大怒，將宋昭～。(陳忱《水滸后傳》十九)Wang Fu flew into a rage so much so that he removed Song Zhao from of fice and reduced him to a common person.
削職為民xuē zhí wéi mín
革除職務(wù)，成為平民。reduce an official to the ranks of the people, be dismissed from one’s post and reduced to a common person