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Honesty is the traditional virtue of the Chinese nation, and it is the most basic criterion for being a man. Write an article about this topic according to you.

Chinese traditional virtue is a part of China traditional culture. During the development of the Chinese nation for thousands of years, traditional virtues have played a very important role in guiding people's words and deeds and social interaction. China's traditional virtues are rich in content and profound. Here, based on personal understanding and referring to the induction of relevant experts and scholars, the traditional Chinese virtues are summarized as the following 10 aspects: 1 Kindness and filial piety are the most distinctive parts of Chinese national virtues. "Benevolence" can be said to be a symbol of the moral spirit of the Chinese nation, not only in various historical periods, but also the most basic and highest moral goal and the most common moral standard in secular moral life. In China culture. This is the basic characteristic of human beings. The core of "benevolence" is love, and "benevolence loves love" is basically filial piety. "Filial piety is the foundation of benevolence" (The Analects of Confucius, Learning). The basic content of filial piety is filial piety and filial piety, which is noble in social and moral life. It is believed that "the way of loyalty and forgiveness" is "the side of benevolence" The basic requirement of the virtue of loyalty and forgiveness is to treat others sincerely and push others. 2. Loyalty and patriotism, in the long-term survival and development of the Chinese nation, gradually condensed into deep patriotic feelings for the motherland, forming a noble righteousness and national integrity of loyalty and patriotism. This patriotism can be said to be the simplest emotion and character, and it is the sublimation of loving home and hometown, thus forming a national defense. The lofty moral character of safeguarding the interests of the motherland. The spirit of loyalty and patriotism is a great cohesion of the Chinese nation and a great spiritual force to promote national exhibitions. Especially when the nation is in danger, people of all ethnic groups stand up against foreign aggression and oppression, defend their country, persevere, and die for their country. There are countless such examples, such as Qu Yuan's patriotic feelings during the Warring States Period; Yue Fei's "Loyalty to the Country, Return My Rivers and Mountains" in the Southern Song Dynasty; When Lu You was critically ill in the Southern Song Dynasty, he still read "Julian Waghann set the Central Plains Day in the north, and the family sacrifice never forgets to tell"; At the end of Qing Dynasty, Lin Zexu said, "If you live for your country and die for it, why avoid it because you are lucky?"? "3. Self-denial and devotion to public service The Chinese nation has developed the spirit of holism because of its family-oriented social structure and ethical and cultural traditions, and on this basis, it has formed the virtues of self-denial, devotion to public service, and forgetting personal interests. China's ethics has always regarded "putting righteousness above family ties" as the fundamental requirement of morality. The core of "public" is public, that is, justice. But it is not completely opposed to self-interest. The key is morality. The spirit of doing one's best is the spirit of distinguishing between public and private, and personal interests are subordinate to social public interests. China people have always regarded "Dagong" and "The world is public" as their own value ideals. In China's culture, the realm of great harmony is Mozi's "not budging, helping the world". Countless outstanding figures have appeared in the history of our country. They love their country and care about their families for the nation and society. 4. Modesty and courtesy China is a world-famous country of etiquette, and "courtesy" is the outstanding spirit of China culture. Paying attention to etiquette is an important virtue of China people based on the world. "The reason why mortals are human is etiquette. Confucius said, "Without learning etiquette, China's ethical culture can be said to be" etiquette culture "in a sense. "Rite" is a great virtue of the Chinese nation. As moral norms, there are "ritual system", "etiquette", "ceremony" and "comity", all of which are concrete manifestations of the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation. Rite and benevolence are interrelated. Complement each other. Moral education should advocate both benevolence and propriety. 5. Honest reporting is the traditional virtue of the Chinese nation. Because faith is dominant and the spirit of self-improvement and self-discipline is emphasized, special attention is paid to the virtues of "honesty", "faithfulness" and "reporting". "Honesty" means truth and innocence, and its basic meaning is sincerity to one's own nature. Based on "honesty", China people have formed many related. Loyal to the cause. As the golden mean says, dishonesty is nothing. Honesty and integrity are the same moral quality, which Confucius regards as the foundation of being a man. The basic requirement of a letter is that words and deeds are consistent, and actions will have results. China's traditional virtue regards faithfulness as "faith". "Reward" means gratitude. Reward is a traditional virtue of the Chinese nation and an important principle and mechanism in moral life. Confucius appealed to the principle of "filial piety" for reward. "A drop of water pays off when a spring pours back." China people emphasize their gratitude to their parents, elders, friends and the country. China people's moral conscience has become an important part of "gratitude and reward". 6. The prior treatment of the relationship between justice and benefit embodies the value orientation of China's ethics. Confucius emphasized "seeing Si Qi" as an important criterion to distinguish a gentleman from a villain. Mencius demanded "righteousness before benefit" and cultivated the lofty integrity of "matching righteousness with Tao". Xunzi clearly put forward that "righteousness comes before glory", and scholars in Song and Ming Dynasties came to the conclusion that "benefit lies in righteousness" and "benefit lies in righteousness", while thinkers in Ming and Qing Dynasties put forward that "benefit lies in righteousness", which is the essence of China's moral spirit and sublimated into the philosophy of life, living with righteousness, killing one's body to be a human being and dying to be a human being. Justice is also what I want. You can't have both, and those who give up their lives are also righteous. " Sima Qian's outlook on life is that "people are inherently mortal, or they are more important than Mount Tai or lighter than a feather". Wen Tianxiang's righteous song "Who has never died since ancient times, keep a fresh heart and shine on history" and Xia's "beheading doesn't matter, as long as the doctrine is true, there are descendants after killing Xia" all reflect the lofty morality and personality of the Chinese nation. 7. Industriousness and frugality The people of China have always been known for their diligence and frugality. Thousands of years of labor practice have formed the excellent quality of China people's love of labor, hard work, honesty and hard work. Related to this, the Chinese nation has a tradition of thrift. For workers, "frugality" means cherishing the fruits of their labor. Confucius said, "It's better to be frugal than extravagant." He regards "gentleness, courtesy and frugality" as an important moral goal, emphasizing thrift and abstinence from extravagance. Laozi put forward the "three treasures" of treating people: "one is kindness, the other is frugality, and the third is not daring to be the first in the world." Mohism advocates "frugality" and "mourning". Zhuge Liang put forward "frugality and morality". Since the founding of New China, our party has always regarded advocating frugality and opposing extravagance and waste as important moral principles that must be followed in socialist construction. 8. Honesty means nobility, innocence, integrity, frugality, justice and discernment, which is not only a requirement for politicians, but also a virtue that ordinary people should prepare. "Honesty is not too much." Innocent and not dirty, pure and meticulous, can distinguish between right and wrong, benefit others and benefit themselves is "clean"; Being self-disciplined and not greedy is "frugality". The essence of "frugality" is to serve people with virtue, eliminate all evils and be strict in self-discipline. Legalists regard "propriety, righteousness, honesty and shame" as "the four dimensions of a country". With "sincerity", it is possible to achieve "sincerity". The concrete expression of "integrity" and "justice" is also the traditional virtue of China people. 9. China is a country whose main mode of production is agriculture. Long-term agricultural production has formed the simple character and pragmatic spirit of the Chinese nation. China's traditional virtue advocates simplicity. China people regard "truthfulness" as the standard to treat people, and oppose hypocrisy and falsehood. Laozi said, "Words are not beautiful, but words are not believed." Require a gentleman to "keep his word, and do what he says" and "be ashamed of what he says, not of what he does." In the long-term moral practice, the Chinese nation has formed many virtues with "reality" as the value norm, such as honesty, integrity, truth-seeking, pragmatism and realism, and formed a pragmatic spirit of advocating hard work and opposing empty talk. In dealing with people, the Chinese nation has always regarded generosity as a virtue, being strict with self-discipline and being lenient with others. In interpersonal relationship, China people pay attention to "heart for heart" and "heart for heart", putting themselves in others' shoes, so as to achieve the harmony of interpersonal relationship and the realization of personality. Moral evaluation in real life, such as "tolerance", "generosity" and "respect for the elderly", is an important embodiment of the generosity and morality of the Chinese nation and the completion of morality. 18600/666617 Confucius said, "A gentleman seeks for himself, a villain seeks for others", "Do your best until you die" and "Never tire of learning and never tire of teaching". Confucianism regards self-cultivation as the foundation of surviving in the world and realizing human value. In the moral history of China, a set of self-cultivation methods with national characteristics has been formed. Such as cautious independence, introspection, private prosecution, respect, gathering righteousness, nourishing qi and so on. The most representative is Ceng Zi's "Save My Body Three Times a Day". China's traditional morality has always warned that "a gentleman should be careful not to look at it, be afraid of it, see it as hidden, and not show its insignificance". Act in strict accordance with moral standards at any time and place. The tradition of self-cultivation has cultivated the Chinese nation's consciousness of practicing morality and shaped many gentleman personalities with noble moral quality and firm moral integrity. Of course, Chinese traditional virtues are far from these ten points, and more can be summed up if we dig systematically. I sincerely hope that interested colleagues can supplement and improve it, so that more readers can benefit.