 One further anecdote about Gongsun Long—found in two texts from later eras, the introductory chapter of the Gongsun Longzi and the Kong Congzi—provides useful context for the dialogue. In response to a request from Kong Chuan that he abandon his thesis that a white horse is not a horse, Gongsun Long defends it by claiming that Confucius himself accepted the same thesis. He cites a version of a story also found in the The Annals of Lü Buwei (1.4), in which the King of Chu loses his bow.