 The received text has 8 fascicles/volumes (卷) and 27 sections that the "Shiming" preface, written in Liu Xi's name, calls 27 chapters (篇).Bibliographies in official histories simply listed the "Shiming" as having eight fascicles without mentioning the number of chapters.The Ming Dynasty scholar Zheng Mingxuan (鄭明選; flourished during Wanli era 1572–1620) questioned the difference in chapters and doubted the book's authenticity.