it was said that in 1986-87 Deng wanted 劉賓雁, FangLizhi and 王若水 to get out of CCP, but he called 王若望's name, who himself was not
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"an oil-saving lantern" either, and no one dared to rectify Deng, so 王若望 was out and 王若水 was in.
Aside: 王若水's wife seemed to be a brilliant lady who was considerabally younger than 王若水 .