In the latter part of the Tang Dynasty, resident landowners and people of influence who came to undertake important roles in administrative affairs were called xingshihu (rich local families), and the role combined with guanhu to form the position of 'guanhu xinhshihu' or' xingshihu guanhu' who governed regional communities.
唐後半から在地の地主や有力者が行政事務の末端を引き受け重要な役割をになうようになり形勢戸と呼ばれ官戸と併せて官戸形勢戸あるいは形勢官戸として地域社会における支配勢力となった。