元朝时期僧侣在中日交流中充当非常重要的角色,日本入元僧的数量高于前朝,不少僧人具有外交使节的角色,而中日两次武装冲突之后,元王朝向日本派遣的僧侣亦具有外交使节的功能,因此元代与日本的关系可以理解为连接前后两个时代的桥梁,是中日佛教文化交流史当中一个重要的过渡。 During the Yuan dynasty, monks played a very important role in the exchange between China and Japan. The number of monks in Japan is higher than that in the former dynasty. Many monks have diplomatic envoys. After the two armed conflicts between China and Japan, monks from Yuan Dynasty to Japan Therefore, the relationship between Yuan Dynasty and Japan can be interpreted as a bridge linking the two ages before and after. It is an important transition in the history of Sino-Japanese Buddhist cultural exchanges.