The research on his biographical note and his works indicates that he was born in Shaobo, Jiangdu County (now Yangzhou), in the Qing Dynasty and lived to the middle period of Kangxi s reign.

• 对其生平与著作进行的考证与研究表明,史氏为清代江都(扬州)县甘泉邵伯镇人,生活于明崇祯末至清康熙中期。