Seeking truth from facts (shí sh6 usually refers to doing things according to the actual situation. From Hanshu Hejian Wang Xian Liu Dechuan: "Make the past serve the present and seek truth from facts."
A fait accompli (jì chéng shì shí? ) completed: completed. The facts that have been caused. Often refers to a situation caused by force or some means. ?
Write a straight book (bǐng bǐ zhí sh) Write a history book truthfully and don't hide it.
Dong Hu Zhibi (dǒng hú zhí bǐ) Dong Hu: a historian of the State of Jin in the Spring and Autumn Period. Straight pen: according to the facts, truthfully record. Refers to an upright historian who dares to write straight books, respects historical facts and doesn't care about dignitaries as their agents. "Zuo Zhuan" recorded two years, Zhao killed, but the righteous official ignored it. Dong Hu believed that Zhao Dun should be responsible, so he wrote in Shi Ce "Zhao Dun regicide". Killed by Zhao Dun. Later Confucius praised: "Donghu, ancient history, calligraphy is not hidden."
On right and wrong (lê n liè sh ē f I? ) theory: comment; Columns: enumeration. List facts and comment on right and wrong. From the biography of Sima Qian in Han Dynasty: "I still want to trust my brow and discuss right and wrong, which is not only a contempt for the imperial court, but also a disgrace to the wicked people in the world."