Pei Xiu
Later, during the time that Linghu Tao was the leading chancellor, Linghu recommended Pei Tan to serve as "Zhifang Langzhong" (職方郎中), a supervisory official at the ministry of civil service affairs (吏部, "Libu"), and be put in charge of drafting edicts. Another chancellor, Pei Xiu, however, vehemently opposed, to no avail. (The reason for Pei Xiu's opposition is not stated in history.) The customs of the time dictated that when an official in charge of drafting edicts were to be installed, four chancellors would congratulate him and place a bench in their office to allow him to sit. When Pei Tan met Pei Xiu at this ceremony, he thanked Pei Xiu. Pei Xiu, however, reacted angrily, stating, "This was the action of Chancellor Linghu. What did I, Pei Xiu, have to do with this?" Pei Xiu then had his attendants bring a litter, got on the litter, and left. The administrators who saw this were deeply shocked, believing that no official, ever since the start of the dynasty, had been subjected to such humiliation as Pei Tan had been.