旷新年教授的《由史料热谈治史方法》一文，认为学界现在存在一种不良现象，即“过 分依赖秘密材料”，来否定农业合作化题材的小说，否定鲁迅、郭沫若等“左翼”文学家，无限抬高胡 适、张爱玲等人，美化民国，否定中国革命。因此，应该批判并纠正这种不良风气，树立正确的治史 方法。然而，旷文本身存在许多问题：论证跳跃，逻辑自相矛盾，批评对象指涉含混，立场、观点不 清，论证态度欠缺公允。

Professor Kuang Xinnian′s article Talking about the Methods of Managing History from Historical Materials believes that there is a bad phenomenon in the academic circles. That is the rigorous dependence on secret materials denies the novels on the theme of agricultural cooperation, denying Lu Xun, Guo Moruo and other leftwing writers, but infinitely raising Hu Shi and Zhang Ailing, beautifying the Republic of China and negating the Chinese revolution. Therefore, we should criticize and correct this bad atmosphere and establish a correct method of history management. However, there are many problems in Kuang′s works, such as jumping and confusion of argumentation, self-contradictory logics, confusing reference of criticism objects, ambiguity of standpoints and view points, and unfair attitudes of argumentation.