The Sung dynasty catalogue of books listed the Pan Chu Anthology and the Tsou Pan Anthology, both works related to the abacus. Both have been lost over the millennia, making it difficult to determine whether or not the abacus was in vogue at that time.
宋朝書目中，則有「盤珠集」、「走盤集」，可惜這些書都沒有流傳後世，無法肯定那時是否已盛行珠算。