What is honesty?

Honesty is a moral category, the second "identity card" of citizens, and the general name of honesty in daily behavior and credit in formal communication. Generally speaking, it refers to sincerity, honesty, trustworthiness, coming as scheduled, etc.

But generally speaking, it mainly refers to two aspects: being sincere and frank with others, respecting facts, seeking truth from facts and keeping promises. Honesty is a basic principle of socialist core values at the individual level.

Honesty is the traditional virtue of the Chinese nation. It is the most respected quality of the Chinese nation and has been passed down for thousands of years. Allusions about honesty abound, and Guan Gong is the most influential spokesman of China's honesty and virtue.

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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 believes in "people's words" and Cheng Yi believes in "truth". 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, be honest and trustworthy.