In response he received three more versions from Japan, France, and Austria, the latter sent by the Dutch sinologist Piet Van der Loon. Wu went on to publish a series of works including a collation of the five volumes, seeking the lost origins of Fukienese.
不久，他台北帝大的指導老師神田喜一郎又寄來「順治本荔枝記」影印本的照片；還有一位英國劍橋大學教授龍彼得也從奧地利的維也納國立博物館尋得「萬曆本荔枝記」，又從法國研究中國道教的施博爾處找到「光緒本荔枝記」，陸續寄來給他。