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

You can run amok yourself, but others can't.

Literally, officials are allowed to set fire to run amok, and ordinary people are not allowed to light lamps. It means that powerful people can run amok by themselves, but ordinary people are restricted from even legal activities. "

The original sentence is from the Notes of the Old Learning Temple by the great poet Lu You. This two-part allegorical saying appears in the fifth volume. The book says: Heaven is a county, so keep your mouth shut. Anyone who touches him will be angry, and many officials and soldiers will be accused. So for the country, the light is fire. The last Yuan Dynasty allowed people to visit the state, and officials later published a list of books in the city, saying that "the state government set fire for three days as usual." Therefore, as the saying goes, "only state officials are allowed to set fires, and people are not allowed to light lamps."