When writing A Chronicle of Zhang Xueliang's Life--A True Record of the Rise and Fall of the Young Marshal the author, Su Deng-chi, has sought to introduce his own interpretations to the on-going argument as to whether Zhang should be seen as a hero or villain. His view of Zhang Xueliang offers an alternative view point to that of the KMT or the Communist Party of China (CPC).
以「功罪論未休」為題自序的《張學良生平年表》作者蘇墱基，提出了有別於國共兩黨詮釋張學良的另一種史觀。