First, Kurata Junnosuke sent Wu a complete photocopy of the Li-ching Chi held by Tenri University. Through a priest friend, Wu acquired photos of the Oxford copy held by Professor Jau Tsung-yi at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
先是得到日本京都東方文化研究所主任倉田淳之助的幫忙，他寄來天理大學所藏「明嘉靖本荔鏡記戲文」影照全套；藉由同事方傑人神父的關係，吳守禮又獲得香港大學饒宗頤教授所藏的英國牛津大學藏本的照片。