文章讨论了《史记》中"实录"和"爱奇"的矛盾，亦探讨此书史学性质和文学性质的边界之所在。以《越王句践世家》为例，分析其材料之采择，多属于小说家言之成分，表达了观念主导下的历史演绎，并且其所谓历史叙述存在着故事原型，从而佐证一部《史记》很难以"实录"视之。

This paper discusses the contradiction between "recording facts" and "advocating wonders" in Historical Records, as well as the boundary between history and literature in it. An analysis of Noble Ruler Goujian of the State Yue shows that most of its materials are from novels, its historical development is philosophically dominated, and there is a story prototype behind the so-called historical narrative. This tells us that Historical Records is not completely a pure record of facts.