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| "'''Seek truth from facts'''" ({{zh|s=实事求是|t=實事求是|p=shí shì qiú shì}}) is a historically established expression (]) that first appeared in the ]. (《汉书·河间献王德传》“河间献王德以孝景前二年立，修学好古，'''''实事求是'''''。从民得善书，必为好写与之，留其真，加金帛赐以招之。”) Originally, it described an attitude toward study and research. | |||
| "'''Seek truth from facts'''" ({{zh|s=实事求是|t=實事求是|p=shí shì qiú shì}}) is a slogan in the ] referring to ]. Beginning in 1978, it was promoted by ] and is a part of the official ideology of ]. The phrase means to look for economic and political solutions that have practical application rather than those based on political ideology (such as that of ]). | |||
| It became a key element of ], first quoted by ] during a speech at the Sixth National Congress of the ] in 1938, in reference to ]. Beginning in 1978, it was further promoted by ] as a central ideology of ], and applied to economic and political reforms thereafter. | |||
| The origins of this pragmatism perhaps go back to 1961, at the Guangzhou conference, when Deng uttered what is perhaps his most famous quotation: "I don't care if it's a white cat or a black cat. It's a good cat so long as it catches mice."<ref>Dr. Li Zhisui, The Private Life of Chairman Mao, Random House,1994</ref> | |||
| The term has a very long heritage and was first invoked by the ] school of scholars, particularly ], during the 18th century. | |||
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"Seek truth from facts" (simplified Chinese: 实事求是; traditional Chinese: 實事求是; pinyin: shí shì qiú shì) is a historically established expression (成語) that first appeared in the Book of Han. (《汉书·河间献王德传》“河间献王德以孝景前二年立，修学好古，实事求是。从民得善书，必为好写与之，留其真，加金帛赐以招之。”) Originally, it described an attitude toward study and research.
It became a key element of Maoism, first quoted by Mao Zedong during a speech at the Sixth National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party in 1938, in reference to pragmatism. Beginning in 1978, it was further promoted by Deng Xiaoping as a central ideology of Socialism with Chinese characteristics, and applied to economic and political reforms thereafter.
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