 The Shi family was one of the elite families of Han Chinese origin who later emigrated to present-day Vietnam and played a major role in developing Vietnamese civilisation.In his youth, Shi Xie studied the "Zuo Zhuan" under the tutelage of one Liu Tao (劉陶) from Yingchuan Commandery (潁川郡).Later, he was nominated as a "xiaolian" (civil service candidate) and served in the Han central government as a Gentleman of Writing (尚書郎) but was later dismissed because of "official reasons".