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败兴
bài xìng
disappointed
百姓
bǎi xìng
common people
白行简
Bái Xíng jiǎn
Bai Xingjian (c. 776-826), younger brother of Bai Juyi 白居易[Bai2 Ju1 yi4], Tang novelist and poet, author of novel Tale of Courtesan Li Wa 李娃傳|李娃传[Li3 Wa2 Zhuan4]
只许州官放火,不许百姓点灯
zhǐ xǔ zhōu guān fàng huǒ , bù xǔ bǎi xìng diǎn dēng
only the official is allowed to light the fire; Gods may do what cattle may not; quod licet Iovi, non licet bovi
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