Aside from popularizing the abacus, the Compendium is also credited with bringing the abacus to Japan, where it was translated and adapted into Japanese to become an indispensable text for training in abacus usage.
除了普及珠算，此書還有一個重要功勞，便是流傳日本，經翻譯改編為「塵劫記」，成為「和算」（日本珠算）必備的教科書。