#7 He mea kahiko ke kumu o ka Shih Tzu, a paʻa i ka pohihihi a me ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa.
Ua hōʻike ʻia kahi noiʻi hou ʻana ʻo Shih Tzu kekahi o nā ʻīlio kahiko loa he 14, a ua hōʻike ʻia nā iwi ʻīlio i loaʻa ma Kina aia nā ʻīlio ma laila i ka makahiki 8,000 B.C.
#8 Ma kahi o kahi i hoʻomohala ʻia ai ka pua—Tibet a i ʻole Kina—ua maopopo he hoa waiwai ʻo Shih Tzu mai ka wā kahiko.
#9 ʻO nā kiʻi pena, nā kiʻi, a me nā palapala mai ka mōʻī Tang Dynasty o Kina (618-907 A.D.) e hōʻike ana i nā ʻīlio liʻiliʻi e like me ka Shih Tzu.
Hōʻike hou ʻia nā ʻōlelo e pili ana i nā ʻīlio mai 990 a 994 A.D. ma nā palapala, kekahi mau kiʻi pena, a me nā kiʻi kālai ʻia.