But Fu Ta-wei, who has thoroughly examined the entire book, affirms that Dream Pool Essays is not a chronicle of the weird and supernatural, and that Shen was not given to exaggeration.
然而與沈括為友，詳細研究過整本筆記的傅大為肯定表示，《夢溪筆談》可不是神怪筆記，沈括更是從不妄言。