歷史學家喺進行歷史嘅編修時要盡量避免個人主觀嘅意見，唔可以喺從事歷史研究時發表自己嘅立場，因為歷史學家普遍相信自己嘅研究係要幫依家嘅人重建真實嘅過去 ，如果加入過多自己嘅立場，會令到真相扭曲，呢啲「史料」就唔能夠被社會大眾使用。喺客觀角度去講，錢鍾書認為再客觀嘅「史料」都冇辦法避免真相嘅扭曲，“史學以失真為難逃之劫”  。錢鍾書雖然同意司馬光據野史小說撰《通鑑》，但佢都提到“夫稗史小說，野語街談，即未可憑以考信人事，亦能夠據以覘人情而徵人心，又光未申之義也。”
Historians should try to avoid personal subjective opinions when compiling history, and should not express their own positions when engaging in historical research, because historians generally believe that their research is to help the present people reconstruct the real past, and if they add too much of their own positions, the truth will be distorted, and these "historical materials" cannot be used by the public. From an objective point of view, Qian Zhongshu believes that no matter how objective "historical data" is, there is no way to avoid the distortion of the truth, and Lin historiography is inescapable of distortion. Although Qian Zhongshu agreed with Sima Guang to write "Tongjian" based on wild historical novels, he also mentioned that "Fu Lin historical novels and wild street talks can not be relied on to test personnel, but also can be used to solicit people's hearts based on people's feelings, and the righteousness of Guang has not been declared." ”