自古以來，中國和日本不論是在政治、經濟，或是文化交流上，都相互影響。其中，漢籍東傳日本，有其悠久的歷史和傳播的規模，因而構成中日民族間文化交流的重要內容。巴兆祥透過對中國地方志東傳日本的探討，系統地說明日本自十七世紀起對中國地方志的搜集方式、探討中國地方志在日本境內的傳播與變化、比較日本不同機構收藏的中國地方志書版本及其價值，以及論述中國地方志對日本地方志纂修所產生的影響；並以豐富的史料為基礎，運用多學科的研究方式，除提出具獨創性的見解外，亦深化了中國地方志流播日本的研究內容，不僅為從事中國地方志研究者，提供了許多珍貴的參考資料，也開創了地方志研究的一個新領域。

Chinese and Japanese have been mutually influenced no matter on politics, economics, or on cultural exchange since very old age. Among those exchanges and influences from books of the Han dynasty east expanding to Japan, its expanding scale with very long-term history causes a very important content of cultural exchange between Chinese and Japanese.
Zhao-Xiang Ba systematically explains that the way Japanese collected
Chinese chorography, discussed Chinese chorography’s expansion and
changes in Japan, compared collected Chinese chorography’s versions
and values from different organizations in Japan, and mentioned Chinese
chorography’s editing influences to Japanese chorography by discussions
of Chinese chorography east expanding to Japan. BA not only brings up his
unique views, but also deepens research contents that Chinese chorography
expanded to Japan based on abundant historic data and research modes of
multiple subjects. The efforts offer precious references and create a new
field of chorography studies.