I would like to sincerely thank Tạ Chí Đại Trường and Keith Taylor for taking the time to read and comment on my paper, “The Biography of the Hồng Bàng Clan as a Medieval Vietnamese Invented Tradition.” An anonymous reader of the essay pointed out that this topic has long been neglected for various reasons. As the comments of both of these scholars make clear, this is not because there is little to say about the subject. To the contrary, there is a great deal that can and still needs to be said. The problem is finding an effective way to do so.