Which ancient book does the word "seeking truth from facts" come from?

The word "seeking truth from facts" comes from Hanshu Hejian Wang Xian Liu Dechuan. The book praised Hejian Wang Liude for "serving the present with the past and seeking truth from facts". This means that the study of knowledge should be based on sufficient facts, and then the real conclusion can be found from the facts.

Seek truth from facts

1, interpretation: it means to speak and do things according to the actual situation of things.

2. Example: To sum up experience, we should seek truth from facts and not resort to deceit.

3, synonym: down-to-earth, stick to the rules.

4, antonym: fraud, mystifying, aiming too high.

5. Example: She is practical and realistic, detached and free from vulgarity, and knows her own goals and values. -"One Hundred Years of Beauty"

The word "seeking truth from facts" first appeared in the biography of Wang Xianchuan between Han Shuhe by Ban Gu, a historian in the Eastern Han Dynasty. It is about Liu De, the third son of Emperor Jing of the Western Han Dynasty, who said, "Make the past serve the present and seek truth from facts". On the basis of Zhu's "knowing is knowing" and "reasoning lies in things" in the Song Dynasty, Wang Yangming in the Ming Dynasty put forward the viewpoint of "unity of knowing and doing" and advocated the style of study of "seeking truth from facts".

This originally refers to the rigorous attitude and method of studying, a proposition of Confucian classics and textual research, and the motto of ancient scholars in China.