This message made Yang Guang angry, and it is said that he told a foreign service officer whose position was called korokei (the chief of the office which was in charge of the entertainment of foreign envoys or ambassadors) not to talk about this country because the message was rude.
これを見た煬帝は立腹し、外交担当官である鴻臚卿（こうろけい）に「蕃夷の書に無礼あらば、また以て聞するなかれ」と命じたという。