| | Yang Zheng was the assistant official of Jingzhao. After Emperor Guangwu's death, the governor of Jingzhao went to the Western Regions, and the foreign merchants jointly set up a canopy for a memorial service. When the governor's carriage passed by the canopy, the foreigners pulled the carriage and ordered him to bow. The governor suspected and stopped his carriage, but Yang Zheng, who was leading the way in front, said: "According to rites, an emperor does not eat from a collateral branch of the family; how much less should this apply to barbarians!" He destroyed the memorial offering and left accordingly.
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