该书是首部汇辑宋代三百年间僧人传记资料的工具书。作者遍查现存有关宋僧事迹的典籍,如:日本大正新修大藏经、续藏经、宋元文集、史籍、方志、碑帖、子书等,共引用典籍凡一千一百多种。对所著録的僧人,皆撰写小传,考述其字号、姓氏、籍贯、师承关系、主要行迹、生卒年以及著述存佚等情况。每一僧人传记下均著録资料出处。凡有异说,则并存, This book is the first to compile a biography of monks during the three hundred years of Song Dynasty. The author surveys the existing books on the deeds of the Song Sect, such as Japan’s Dazheng Xiujianjing Tripitaka, Continuation of Canon Tripitaka, Song and Yuan Dynasties, historical records, local records, rubbings and e-books. For the recorded monks, all written biographies, test its size, surname, origin, relationship between teachers and students, the main line of travel, birth and death, and the existence of lost records. Each monk biography are recorded under the source. Where there are differences, then coexist,