《明史·列传·卷一百六十六》
有一个叫杨明竞的，是潮州人，喜欢说大话，假称他在惠州、潮州一带布置了大批精兵，约十万人，就被特批为惠潮巡抚。
有杨明竞者，潮州人，好为大言，诡称精兵满惠、潮间，可十万，即特授惠潮巡抚。
There was a man named Yang Ming Jing, who was a native of Chaozhou and liked to talk big. Having falsely claimed that he had arranged a large number of elite troops in Huizhou and Chaozhou, approximately 100,000, he was specially appointed as the Governor of Huizhou and Chaozhou.