First, in the administrative divisions of the Western Han Dynasty, Nanyang County was under the jurisdiction of Jingzhou Secretariat, and Zaoyang (now the place name) was under the jurisdiction of Nanyang County. However, according to the current administrative divisions, the two belong to two places, as shown in the following figure. This is the focus of argument. But according to the administrative divisions of the Western Han Dynasty, there is nothing wrong with either.

Second, in recent years, you have been fighting for the hometown of celebrities, all in order to enhance the city's popularity. History is an objective fact, but the change of administrative divisions makes it impossible to accurately define where it appears. On the website of Nanyang People's Government, there is such a record that "Nanyang talents came forth in large numbers in the Han Dynasty. Not only are Liu Xiu's 28 founding fathers mostly from Nanyang, but also great scientists and doctors who are famous in the world such as Zhang Heng and Zhang Zhongjing have emerged. " It is said that Liu Xiu is from Nanyang, not only the current place name, but the business card of Nanyang. There is a passage on the website of Zaoyang government: "Baishui Temple Scenic Area is located in Wudian Town, south of Zaoyang City 15 km in Hubei Province. It is the hometown of Liu Xiu, the founding emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty, one of the "Top Ten Kings" in China history. Zhang Heng, a famous scientist in the Eastern Han Dynasty, was praised as the holy land of "Dragonfly White Water Pine Pit" and the birthplace of "Guangxu Zhongxing". Point out Liu Xiu's hometown.

Third, the argument between the two is meaningless, that is, the administrative division at that time was just like the relationship between prefecture-level cities and counties now.