参验

Cross-checking and Verification

通过观察、比较获得验证，是检验认识与言论正确与否的一种方法。“参验”之法在先秦时期即屡被提及，韩非子对这一方法做出了较为深入的阐发。韩非子认为，要判断某一认识或言论的正确性，需要从天、地、物、人等多方面进行比较、检验，这就是“参验”。

One way to confirm whether one's assessments and opinions are correct is to verify them through observation and comparison. The method of cross-checking and verification was frequently mentioned in the pre-Qin period. Hanfeizi expounded this method in detail. He believed that to determine whether something was correct or not, it was necessary to compare, check, and verify from various perspectives: from heaven, earth, objects, and human beings.

“参验”应注重认识或言论的实际功用。只有通过比较、检验而证明能够发挥实际功用的认识或言论才是正确的。如果不经“参验”就盲目加以肯定，是愚昧的做法。

In using this method, one should focus on the practical effects of assessments and opinions. Only such assessments and opinions that can be proven to produce real effects through comparison, cross-checking, and verification are correct. To blindly confirm something without cross-checking and verification is foolish.

来源：翻译大王