▁died , ▁J iao ▁fled ▁to ▁Sh u ." ▁ ▁These ▁earliest ▁( 9 1 ▁B CE ▁to ▁ 9 2 ▁CE ) ▁references ▁generally ▁agree ▁except ▁for ▁Sh izi ' s ▁home ▁state . ▁Was ▁he ▁from ▁Ch u ▁( Sh iji ), ▁Sh u ▁( B iel u ▁author ' s ▁susp icion ), ▁Jin ▁( B iel u ▁author ' s ▁text ), ▁or ▁Lu ▁( H ans hu )? ▁Fischer ▁( 2 0 1 2 : 8 3 2 – 8 3 4 ) ▁con cludes ▁he ▁was ▁from ▁Jin , ▁primarily ▁because ▁the ▁testim ony ▁of ▁the ▁Sh izi ▁itself , ▁as ▁specifically ▁c ited ▁by ▁Li u ▁X i ang ". ▁ ▁The ▁Tang ▁historian ▁Wei ▁Zh eng ' s ▁( 6 5 6 ) ▁Su ish u ▁" S ui ▁History " ▁first ▁described ▁Sh izi ▁chap ters ▁being ▁lost ▁( tr . ▁Fischer ▁ 2 0 1 2 : 8 5 5 – 8 5 8 ): ▁" The ▁Sh izi ▁in ▁twenty ▁sections , ▁table ▁of ▁contents ▁in ▁one ▁section . ▁In ▁the ▁Li ang ▁( 5 0 2 – 5 5 7 ) ▁there ▁were ▁( only ) ▁nin ete en ▁sections . ▁Author ed ▁by ▁Sh i ▁J iao , ▁chief ▁retain er ▁of ▁Q in ▁chief ▁minister ▁Wei ▁Yang . ▁N ine ▁of ▁its ▁sections ▁were ▁lost , ▁and ▁in ▁the ▁Wei ▁( 2 2 0 – 2 6 5 ) ▁“ Y ellow ▁Begin ning ” ▁( re ign ▁era