First of all, honesty is a kind of sincere and realistic attitude and trustworthy behavior quality that people must have in their life, life and practice. Its basic requirements are telling the truth, doing honest things and being honest. Honesty is sincerity and loyalty; Honesty means keeping your word and keeping your promise, which is the basic quality and character that modern people must and should have. Under the condition of market economy, only by establishing the moral quality of honesty and trustworthiness can people adapt to the requirements of social life and realize their own life value. Secondly, honesty is a kind of social moral principle and norm, which requires people to guide their behavior with the principle of seeking truth and being pragmatic, and treat all work with the attitude of knowing and doing. In modern society, integrity not only refers to the commercial integrity between citizens and legal persons, but also includes social public integrity based on social justice, such as institutional integrity, national integrity, government integrity, enterprise integrity, organizational integrity and so on. In other words, any government and system should be organized and constructed according to the principle of good faith, and should also exercise its functions and powers according to the principle of good faith. Once it deviates from the principle and spirit of honesty, the government will lose faith in the people and the system will become an unreasonable burden. ?
Thirdly, honesty is the dialectical unity of individual and society, psychology and behavior. Honesty is essentially the unity of virtue ethics and normative ethics or belief ethics and responsibility ethics, and the unity of deontology and utilitarianism, teleology and means theory. If "sincerity" emphasizes the sincerity of one's inner belief and is a kind of conduct and virtue, then "sincerity" is the externalization of this inner moral character and a kind of responsibility and norm. There is a saying in the history of China called "Sincerity in China, Faith in Foreign Countries". Honesty is not only a moral purpose, a belief that people should have, but also a moral means, a social responsibility that people should bear, and a way to seek and realize benefits. Honesty can be axiological and utilitarian, as well as deontological and deontological. The theory of value and the utilitarian view of honesty regard honesty as a kind of value and a means to achieve goals, and believe that without honesty, people cannot achieve their own development and perfection, and it is difficult to obtain long-term and real benefits. The view of honesty in deontology and deontology regards honesty as an obligation and an inherent requirement, and holds that people attach importance to honesty is the need to improve their own quality and realize all-round development. Even if it can't bring material benefits, it is still precious. We advocate the combination of deontology and utilitarianism on the issue of honesty. We regard honesty as a means of making profits and promoting development, and as a sacred mission and inherent obligation, which makes honesty noble and practical, great and ordinary, and embodies the value characteristics of "extremely bright and moderate" advocated by China traditional culture.
Honesty is the foundation and origin of all morality. It is not only a personal virtue and quality, but also a social moral principle and norm; It is not only an internal spirit and value, but also an external reputation and resource. Honesty is the embodiment of morality and the guarantee or source of utility.
The function and function of honesty in social life, honesty not only has the functions of education, encouragement and evaluation, but also has the functions of restraint, standardization and adjustment. Personally, honesty is a noble personality force; For enterprises, honesty is a valuable intangible asset; As far as society is concerned, honesty is a normal production and living order; As far as a country is concerned, honesty is a good international image.
First, honesty is the foundation of an individual. Honesty is a moral quality and character that an individual must possess. If a person does not have honest moral character and quality, it is not only difficult to form a complete self with internal unity, but also difficult to exert his potential and achieve success. Cheng Yi pointed out: "A scholar must not be dishonest, be dishonest and be good, and be dishonest and be a gentleman. If you don't study honestly, you will learn miscellaneous things; If you don't do things honestly, you will lose; Self-seeking is not sincerity, but deceiving your heart and abandoning your loyalty; If you don't treat others with sincerity, you will lose your morality and increase your resentment. " "Honesty" is not only the foundation of virtue and goodness, but also the guarantee of success in all undertakings. "Honesty" is a sign of a person's image and reputation, and it is also the moral quality that a person should have at least. Confucius said, "If you believe, you are responsible." "People don't believe it and don't know what to do." Be sincere internally and believe externally. A person's heart is sincere, and his mouth must have faith; Be sincere in your heart, believe in your mouth and be sincere in your body. Honesty is an important guarantee to realize self-worth, and it is also an inherent requirement for individuals to cultivate themselves and achieve goodness. Lack of honesty will put the self in a very embarrassing situation, and it is difficult for individuals to make positive judgments and evaluations on their own lives. At the same time, the lack of honesty not only deceives oneself, but also deceives others. This kind of self-deception not only destroys the sound self, but also destroys interpersonal relationships. Therefore, honesty is the foundation of personal life and the treasure of life. Individuals stress moral cultivation and moral self-education, and cultivate ideal personality, which requires sincere and faithful self-cultivation and self-transformation. Ancient thinkers in China emphasized the position and function of "pure heart" and "anti-pure heart" in personal moral cultivation, and thought that the key of Xiu De was to have a pure heart and a pure heart. The degree of sincerity determines the height that Xiu De can reach. It can be said that "sincerity can make the stone open" and "there are incorrigible people in the world, for fear that sincerity will not come; There is nothing to do in the world, but I am afraid that my determination is not strong. " Therefore, China people put special emphasis on "being true, telling the truth and doing practical things".
Second, honesty is the foundation of enterprises and institutions. As a universally applicable moral principle and norm, honesty is a moral lever to establish a benign interactive relationship between industries and units. Honesty and trustworthiness is an important norm in the construction of socialist professional ethics. Honesty and trustworthiness is the code of conduct that all employees must and should follow in their professional activities, covering the relationship between employees and customers, occupations and employees, and occupations and occupations.
Third, honesty is the foundation of a national government. The main body of the country is the people, and the sovereignty of the country also belongs to the people. China's ancient political ethics emphasized that "the people are the foundation of the country, and the country is the foundation", "the people are the most important, the country is the second, and the monarch is the least", and "those who win the hearts of the people win the world, and those who lose the hearts of the people lose the world", holding that national leaders should win the trust of the people with sincere attitude and methods, so as to realize the people's living and working in peace and contentment, and the country is peaceful and clear. In the Tang Dynasty, Wei Zhi wrote to Emperor Taizong: "The elders who seek wood must be solid; Those who want to flow far away will dig their source; Those who think about the security of the country also accumulate virtue. " (Zhenguan politician, on the first way to govern) The way to govern the country lies in respecting benevolence and righteousness, the main content of which is honesty. Liu Zongyuan said: "Faith is the law of politics, and we can't just let it go." In Song Dynasty, Sima Guang pointed out in Zi Tong Zhi Jian: "A man who believes in his husband is a man's wealth. The country is protected by the people and the people are protected by trust. It is impossible to convince the people, and it is impossible for them to defend the country. Therefore, the ancient king did not bully the four seas, and he did not bully his neighbors. He who is good at his country does not bully others, and he who is good at his family does not bully his relatives. On the contrary, bad people bully their neighbors and their people, even their brothers and their fathers and sons. If you don't believe it, you won't believe it, and you will be centrifugal up and down, so that you will lose. " The above remarks show that honesty is the basic principle for leaders to govern the country. Honesty constitutes national morality and dominates national luck. Without honesty, it is impossible for national morality to have a long-term and upward national destiny. In modern society, democratic politics has become a trend and requires honesty as the basic principle of governing the country. The core of politics is power. The historical form of political power is private power or centralized power, and the power under democratic politics is public power. Public power means that power belongs to the people and essentially serves the people. The legitimacy of power comes from the people's trust. If we lose the trust of the people, we will lose the foundation of the legitimacy of power. China is a socialist country, and building a high degree of democracy is an important task in the construction of socialist political civilization.
Let's read a story about honesty:
There is a memorial to the soldiers killed in the Civil War in new york, and many tourists come to pay homage to the dead every year. General Grant's grave is located in the north of the park. He was the 18 th president of the United States and the commander-in-chief of the Union Army during the Civil War. The mausoleum is tall, majestic, solemn and simple. There is a large green lawn behind the mausoleum, which extends to the boundary of the park and the edge of the steep cliff. Behind General Grant's mausoleum, closer to the cliff, there is also a children's mausoleum. This is a tiny and ordinary grave, and you may ignore it anywhere else. Like most American graves, it has only a small tombstone. On the tombstone and nearby're signs, there is a touching story about honesty:
The story happened on 1797 more than 200 years ago. This year, when the little owner of this land was five years old, he accidentally fell off the cliff here and died. His father was heartbroken and buried him here and built such a small mausoleum as a souvenir. A few years later, family fortune fell and the old owner had to transfer the land. Out of love for his son, he made a strange request to the future landowner. He asked the new owner to take the child's mausoleum as a part of the land and never destroy it. The new owner agreed and wrote this condition into the contract. In this way, the child's mausoleum was preserved. Times have changed, and a hundred years have passed. I don't know how many times this land has been sold or how many owners have changed. The child's name has long been forgotten by the world, but the child's tomb is still there. According to one sales contract after another, it was completely preserved. 1897, this land of geomantic omen was chosen as the cemetery of General Grant. The government became the owner of this land, and the tomb of the Unknown Son was preserved intact in the hands of the government and became the neighbor of Grant General Cemetery. The grave adjacent to the grave of a great historical creator and the grave of an unknown child may be a unique miracle in the world. .
One hundred years later, 1997, in memory of General Grant, Giuliani, then mayor of new york, came here. It happened to be the centenary of the establishment of General Grant's mausoleum and the bicentennial of the child's death. Mayor Giuliani personally wrote this touching story and carved it on the wooden sign, standing next to the tomb of nobody, so that this honest story can be passed down from generation to generation. ...
Pinyin: Cheng Xin
Chinese name: integrity
Source: Book of Rites Sacrifice System
Synonym: honesty?
Antonym: Break your word?
1, word definition
Honesty: Doing things sincerely.
Honesty is: sincerity, truthfulness and sincerity; Letter, trust, evidence. Therefore, honesty means honesty, trustworthiness, consistency in words and deeds, and consistency in appearance.
2. Overview of terms
"Honesty" is mainly from the perspective of heaven, and "faithfulness" is mainly from the perspective of human nature. Therefore, Mencius said: "a loyal person is also a heavenly way; Honest people, the way of people is also. "
"Honesty" is innate, and it is the truth and law to follow the example of heaven and pursue honesty. Although there are philosophical differences between them, from a moral point of view, "honesty" and "faithfulness" are synonymous and equivalent concepts, so Xu Shen said in Shuo Wen Jie Zi: "Honesty and faithfulness are also." "Faith, sincerity." The basic meaning is honesty and trustworthiness, consistency in words and deeds, and what you look like. This is the basic requirement of being a man.
"Honesty" in a general sense means honesty and sincerity, which mainly refers to the inner moral quality of the subject's sincerity; "Credibility" means credit trust, which mainly refers to the externalization of the subject's inner sincerity. "Honesty" refers more to "inner sincerity", while "faith" focuses on "external trust in people". The combination of "honesty" and "faithfulness" has formed a rich vocabulary, which is both internal and external, and its basic meaning refers to honesty and trustworthiness. For thousands of years, honesty has been regarded by the Chinese nation as its own code of conduct and moral cultivation, and formed a unique and rich concept of honesty on the basis of its basic meaning. Letter means to believe.
As ethical norms and moral standards, "sincerity" and "faith" were originally used separately. Mencius said, "Honesty is heaven, and honesty is humanity." "The Doctrine of the Mean" also said: "Honesty is heaven, honesty is humanity." The basic meaning of a letter is to keep one's promise, match words with deeds, and be true and credible. The first combination of "sincerity" and "faithfulness" was in Yizhoushu: "Adults don't taste it, they help you sincerely and help you grow rich." "The filial piety of father and son, the friendship of brothers, the loyalty and stupidity of the monarch and the minister, and the sincerity of the township party." The "sincerity" here actually means "sincerity". In other words, honesty in the general sense means honesty, keeping promises, and emphasizing that people should treat each other sincerely.
Sacrifice system in The Book of Rites: It is a sacrifice to the late saints, making them honest and loyal. Biography of Yao Xiong in the Northern Qi Dynasty: Although Xiong is a military commander, he is generous in nature and good at trusting and governing the people. Cao Huachuan, a Book of the New Tang Dynasty: "Although China is a military strategist, he must be polite when he moves, and it is difficult for people to pay attention to courtesy rather than expensive. Ye Shi, the epitaph of Gong Li, a young official of Taifu: Therefore, he got to know Gong Li, a political official in Xing Wu, in order to sincerely serve his filial piety. Guo Moruo's trip to the Soviet Union on June 30: Great leaders don't care that every banquet has guests, but they must talk big. Honesty has been blessed, thinking has shifted to practice, and not talking is greater than talking.
The meaning of honesty
"Honesty" is the central idea of Confucianism and the way to be a man. Being in the world should be based on honesty. Zhu, a Neo-Confucianist in Song Dynasty, said: Honest people are true and innocent. Honesty is a virtue. Famous saying: "Honesty is heaven, and heaven rewards diligence". Words and deeds must be consistent with the sky, tell the truth, do practical things and oppose hypocrisy. It means honesty.
The meaning of letter
Shuo Wen Jie Zi advocates "people's words are true", while Cheng Yi advocates "truth is true". It can be seen that "faith" not only requires people to speak honestly and reliably, but also requires people to do things honestly and reliably. The basic connotation of "faith" is to keep promises, match words with deeds, and be honest and trustworthy.
"Honesty" is mainly from the perspective of heaven, and "faithfulness" is mainly from the perspective of human nature. Therefore, Mencius said: "a loyal person is also a heavenly way; Honest people, the way of people is also. "
"Honesty" is innate, and it is the truth and law to follow the example of heaven and pursue honesty. Although there are philosophical differences between them, from a moral point of view, "honesty" and "faithfulness" are synonymous and equivalent concepts, so Xu Shen said in Shuo Wen Jie Zi: "Honesty and faithfulness are also." "Faith, sincerity." The basic meaning is honesty and trustworthiness, consistency in words and deeds, and what you look like. This is the basic requirement of being a man.
"Honesty" in a general sense means honesty and sincerity, which mainly refers to the inner moral quality of the subject's sincerity; "Credibility" means credit trust, which mainly refers to the externalization of the subject's inner sincerity. "Honesty" refers more to "inner sincerity", while "faith" focuses on "external trust in people". The combination of "honesty" and "faithfulness" has formed a rich vocabulary, which is both internal and external, and its basic meaning refers to honesty and trustworthiness. For thousands of years, honesty has been regarded by the Chinese nation as its own code of conduct and moral cultivation, and formed a unique and rich concept of honesty on the basis of its basic meaning. Letter means to believe.
As ethical norms and moral standards, "sincerity" and "faith" were originally used separately. Mencius said, "Honesty is heaven, and honesty is humanity." "The Doctrine of the Mean" also said: "Honesty is heaven, honesty is humanity." The basic meaning of a letter is to keep one's promise, match words with deeds, and be true and credible. The first combination of "sincerity" and "faithfulness" was in Yizhoushu: "Adults don't taste it, they help you sincerely and help you grow rich." "The filial piety of father and son, the friendship of brothers, the loyalty and stupidity of the monarch and the minister, and the sincerity of the township party." The "sincerity" here actually means "sincerity". In other words, honesty in the general sense means honesty, keeping promises, and emphasizing that people should treat each other sincerely.