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The content of this article has been derived in whole or part from The Ho-Shang Kung Commentary on Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching. Translated by Reid, Dan G. Center Ring Publishing (self-published). 2015. ISBN 9780994978134. ((cite book)): Cite uses deprecated parameter |authors= (help). Permission has been received from the copyright holder to release this material under both the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported license and the GNU Free Documentation License. You may use either or both licenses. Evidence of this has been confirmed and stored by VRT volunteers, under ticket number 2015122010001866. This template is used by approved volunteers dealing with the Wikimedia volunteer response team system (VRTS) after receipt of a clear statement of permission at permissions-enwikimedia.org. Do not use this template to claim permission.

[Note to wikipedia staff: The content below is from the introduction to my own translation of the Heshang Gong commentary, all written by myself, and for which I own the copyright. ISBN-13: 978-0-9949781-1-0. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B018UUARJK, https://www.createspace.com/5906542 . The deductive reasoning to date this text is all my own and does not presently appear in any other publication.]— Preceding unsigned comment added by Dan G. Reid (talk • contribs)

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The book Two Visions of the Way: A Study of the Wang Pi and the Ho-Shang Kung Commentaries on the Lao-Tzu by Alan K.L. Chan (which the first citation indirectly cites, albeit with a incorrect name) is pretty concrete that Ho-shang Kung is a legend rather than a historical figure, and goes into some detail about potential origins for the legend. Unless there's a compelling reason not to, I think this article should be much clearer about that. Wesleyac (talk) 01:27, 3 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]