This example also highlights the basic pragmatic stance of Hong Kong textbooks, which simply describe Huang's rebellion as the most powerful and longest lasting of the popular uprisings at the end of the Tang dynasty.
這個例子也可看出香港「務實」的基本態度﹘﹘對黃巢不褒也不眨，只稱他的起事為唐末民變中「勢力最大而且為時最長的」。