What do you mean, only state officials can set fires, and people are not allowed to light lamps?

Only state officials are allowed to set fires, but people are not allowed to light lamps, which means that officials are allowed to set fires indiscriminately and people are not allowed to light lamps. It means that powerful people can run amok by themselves, but ordinary people have to be restricted from even legal activities.

From the Song Dynasty's Notes on the Old Learning Hall, Volume 5: "Tian Deng is a county, and his name is hidden. Those who touch it will be angry, and his officials will be condemned. So for the country, the light is fire. Shangyuan turned off the lights and let people enter the state for sightseeing. Officials then announced the book list in the city, saying that' the state has set fire for three days as usual'. "

He used to avoid using his own name when he was a state official. Anyone who makes a mistake in his name will be angry, and most officials and soldiers will be punished for it. So people have to call it "fire lamp".

On the fifteenth day of the first month, lanterns were decorated to let the people go into the city to watch. Officials wrote a notice and announced it in the market: "As usual, the state government set fire for three days." So he said, "Only state officials are allowed to set fires, and people are not allowed to light lamps." This is where it came from.

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The story about Tian Deng:

In the Northern Song Dynasty, there was a satrap named Tiandeng, who was narrow-minded and domineering. Because his name is "Deng", people in the state are not allowed to say anything with the same sound as "Deng". Speaking of his taboos, there are still some origins ...

Putian Village, a village surrounded by mountains and waters, is thousands of miles away in Fiona Fang. Mountains, ponds, fields, fields, lush trees, clear water and fertile fields. Most of these places are owned by Tian Million, a rich man in the village. Although this old landlord, Tian Million, is rich, he has no son around him.

So, he spent a lot of money to invite Feng Shui and experts to divine. At the age of 40, I finally had a son and regarded him as the apple of my eye. The fortune teller said, "When you have a son in your later years, you will be promoted and rich, and gold and silver will roll in." Therefore, he became an official for his son as soon as possible and named him "Tiandeng".

Tian Deng, born prematurely, has a big head, two small mouse eyes, raised head, blurred eyebrows, ugly eyes, short and fat. Since childhood, he has a stubborn personality and a rich family. He always bullies children, and children often make fun of him with "stools".

He couldn't stand this anger, so he said to his father Tian Million, "They all make fun of me with stools. When I grow up to be an official, I must let everyone stop saying this word. " ?

After Tian Deng became an official, he ordered the people in the state not to say the word with the same sound as "Deng", but to use one word instead-the rush in the garden is called happy grass, the lampstand, lampshade and lantern are called lighting, shading and road lighting, and the satrap must drive when going out and boarding the bus, or even say "climbing to the top".