Lin has continued the practice introduced when the DPP was in power of describing the governing authority of each and every era as a rule: "Dutch rule" "Zheng rule," "Japanese rule" and so forth. "By putting aside the subjective positions of those writing history, it represents a turn toward basing descriptions on historical realities."
她則會延續民進黨時期國史館的作法，將台灣史上不同的統治階段，一概稱為「荷治」、「鄭治」、「日治」等，「脫離寫史者的主觀立場，改由尊重『歷史事實』的角度加以描述」。