However, since the state of Shu lacked documents about its history, the Book of Shu in the Records was composed by Chen Shou himself based on his personal memories of his early life in Shu and other primary sources he collected, such as the writings of Zhuge Liang.
Men da staten Shu manglede dokumenter om sin historie, blev Bogen om Shu i Sanguo Zhi komponeret af Chen Shou selv baseret på hans personlige erindringer om hans tidlige liv i Shu og andre primære kilder, han indsamlede, såsom skrifter Zhuge Liang.