Abstract: 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.

Key words: recording facts, advocating wonders, historian, novelist, stealthily substitute one thing for another, story prototype