以文人与士大夫的身份分离为转折点，原本作为纯粹文学批评方式的选本，附加上了为文人群体塑造社会身份与声望的功能。此前“不录存者”的原则被放弃，一变而为编选时人的作品。因此，曾被“不录存者”原则所排除的人际交往牵绊力量介入文本编选过程，以选例为唯一准则的局面发生改变。选例与情面构成了互相制衡与的力量，成为“时贤选本”编选过程中的困境。《虞初新志》的编选过程就是这一困境的典型展示。

The detachment of literati's identity from scholar-officials became a turning point in literary anthology compilation as the compilation which had used to serve as a form of literary criticism began to take on an additional function of shaping social identity for literati groups. The principle of "excluding living people" was since abandoned and the compilation of works by contemporary writers started. As a result, the swaying power of interpersonal relationships excluded by the principle of "excluding living people" inserted itself into the selection process, thus undermining the exemplary principle as the only principle. The mutual restraint between the principle of exemplary texts and personal consideration became a dilemma in the process of compiling anthologies of contemporary writers, and the selection process of Yu Chu Xin Zhi is a typical example of this dilemma.