First of all, scholars hold that a lot of its historical assertions are open to question. For instance, in the 17th century when Spain occupied Taiwan, did the missionaries in Taiwan include Japanese priests? And exactly how many Taiwanese were executed for resisting Japanese rule? When such points are still being debated among scholars, assertions one way or the other shouldn't be included in a school book.
首先有學者認為，許多連史學家都仍有爭議的內容，例如，十七世紀西班牙佔領台灣，所派的傳教士中是否有日籍神父；以及台籍抗日人士被日本殺害的人數到底有多少，在史學界尚未有定論下，似不應貿然編入教科書。