The official may set fire, but the common people may not light a lamp.

When Tian Deng served as a regional official, he arbitrarily decreed that his name must be avoided. Anyone who accidentally mentioned his name would anger him, and many clerks and soldiers were beaten as a result. Thus, people had no choice but to replace the word "Deng" with...

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