The officials who were in charge of writing were traditionally called 'Fuhito', and the kabane of Shi was sometimes conferred on the Chinese and Korean clans settled in Japan who held the post of Shi.
古くから文筆を掌る官を「史（ふひと）」と呼び、この職に就いた渡来人系の氏族に対して史(姓)のカバネが授けられる事があった。