The Yuan Dynasty Poet-Monk Shi Ying's Baiyunji and the Book Exchange in Pre-modern East Asia

In the pre-modern book exchanges within East Asia, lots of literary collections of Chinese poet-monks were circulated to Japan, and there were many manuscripts, printed editions and annotations of these collections, which preserved many rare materials of classical Chinese literature and had great influence on Japanese literature written in classical Chinese. The poems by Shiying of Yuan Dynasty preserved in Japanese old manuscript is studied, the difference between Japanese and Qing Dynasty editions of Baiyunji is analyzed, and the characteristics of the only annotation of Baiyunji within the East Asia community entitled Goto hakuun shishu is described. The circulation and influence of Baiyunji in Sino-graphic literature is also discussed.