Abstract: Layered rock masses are widely distributed in the earth's crust,and it has strong time-dependent effect after excavation and damage.The investigation on anisotropic creep properties of damaged layered rock is significant for engineering applications.In this paper,phyllite with a typical bedding structure was taken as the research object.Samples were divided into two groups according to the relationship between bedding plane and principal stress direction,which was parallel and vertical to the rock bedding plane.The rock samples of vertical and parallel groups containing damages were prepared by triaxial compression,and then the creep tests of intact and parallel groups with damages under different confining pressures were carried out by using triaxial programmed creep tester.The results showed that:(1) Both the creep deformation and the steady-state creep strain rate increased nonlinearly with the increase of stress level.(2) The creep deformation and the steady-state creep strain rate of damaged samples were higher than intact samples,and their differences were reduced by increasing confining pressure.(3) With the increase of confining pressure,the steady-state creep rate had a decreasing trend.(4) The discrepancy between damaged and intact rock of vertical group were less than those of parallel group under the same stress level.(5) Both the creep deformation and the steady-state creep strain rate of parallel group were lower than those of vertical group under different confining pressure.(6) The long-term strength of parallel group were higher than that of vertical group.(7) The long-term strength increasing rate of the damaged sample was higher than that of intact sample.(8) The long-term strength growth amplitude of vertical group were higher than those of parallel group.