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Allusion to Deng Tong, a favourite courtier of Emperor Wen of Han: when a physiognomist said Deng Tong would starve to death, the emperor gave him a whole mountain in Shu and allowed him to mint his own coins, but after Wen died, Emperor Jing, who hated him, confiscated all his property, and Deng Tong, reduced to living off others, did indeed starve to death.
vi Ông tôi hay nhắc tích họ Đặng chết đói để dặn tôi đừng ỷ vào của cải.
en My grandfather often brought up the tale of Deng starving to death to warn me not to rely on wealth.