Half of these were brought back to be stored in China, but they were destroyed during the War of Resistance Against Japan, so that Xiushi Lu was lost to Chinese once again. In 1972, Suoo Yu-ming, a researcher for the National Palace Museum, went through academic and curatorial exchange channels to obtain a photocopy of the book.
明國六十一年，當時任職於故宮博物院的索予明透過日本學者及館藏交流的管道，重獲影本。