《宋史．藝文志》集部共收僧人別集、總集六十四種，三百五十六卷，所涉僧人上起晉代，下及有宋，達六、七十人，保留有大量今已佚失之僧人著作目錄，對今日僧詩研究頗有補益。然《宋史》之記載或過於簡略，或時有差謬，筆者考稽歷代經籍簿錄，參以佛史僧傳，對宋代釋氏詩文集之存佚流傳、卷數分合、著者生平作進一步之考察。

The Yiwen zhi 藝文志 section of the Song History includes the bieji 別集 and zongji 總集 catalogs of works by Buddhist monks (Shi shi 釋氏). Altogether they contain 65 collections in 359 fascicles. These catalogs contain materials dating from the Jin to Song dynasties. They preserve lists of works by monks which are no longer extant, and are therefore of great value for research on poems written by monks. Because the Song History’s records are overly brief and sometimes contain errors, the author has done further research to verify the information in these Song History Buddhist catalogs. This includes checking other Buddhist catalogs from various periods, Buddhist histories and biographies; doing further investigation into their transmission and disappearance, discrepancies in the number of fascicles, and authors’ biographies.