沈泽云在1991年第2期《贵州方志》上发表《谈述而不作的原则性与灵活性》,认为“述而不作”作为地方志书的编写原则应该遵守,但也应具有一定的灵活性。志书要写出一定的深度,要写出事业的兴衰起伏, Shen Zeyun published “Principle and Flexibility without Talks” in the “Guizhou Local Records” in the second issue of 1991, and held that “writing without doing” should be complied with as the compilation principle of local history books, but it should also have some flexibility. The book should write a certain depth, to write the ups and downs of the cause,