Lin holds that in the early period Jin Yong's works also had blemishes and thus it is unfair to compare his works to those of other authors who never revised their novels.
林保淳認為，金庸早期創作也有瑕疵，拿修改後的版本和其他沒有機會修改的武俠小說家一起比較，似乎不盡公平。