The Shiming's preface calls 27 chapters, while all histories simply listed the extant "Shìmíng" versions as eight volumes, the Hòu Hàn Shū biography for Liú Zhēn notes an otherwise unknown book with the same title and 30 chapters.
The Shiming's preface calls 27 chapters. All histories simply listed the extant "Shìmíng" versions as eight volumes. An otherwise unknown book with the same title and 30 chapters are eight volumes. This is what the Hòu Hàn Shū biography for Liú Zhēn notes.