When Lin Man-houng was installed as president of the Academia Historica, she said she hoped to write a history of Taiwan that would make the people of all nations love Taiwan when they read it.
國史館館長林滿紅上任時曾經表示，希望寫出一本讓各國人士閱讀後都會愛上台灣的「台灣史」；「台灣的故事」就是她初步交出的成績。