Study Of Confucian Integrity And Honesty

Honesty and trustworthiness (Cheng Xin) are at first to be used separately . The fundamental meaning of honesty (Cheng) is to be sincere, and the fundamental meaning of trustworthiness (Xin) is to be true to one's real thinking, with honesty and trustworthiness complementing each other. The basic meaning of Xin is to be undeceiting and stick to ones' promises,with requirement of "practice what you have promised and make endevours to have the result". When refer to Cheng in the Confucius schooling , honesty features sincerity and not deceit whether philosophically to say or ethically to say, and honesty is an important part of ethic cultivation. Trustworthiness, which has universial meaning , is one of the basic social ethic requirements. If we have a look at the evolution of the Chengxin, we would find out that , as what this article said, Chengxin in the Confuciuss schooling requires sincerity, honesty, trustworthiness, and to be true to ones promise whether emotionally and practically, with sincerity and trustworthiness complementing each other and encompassing ancient philosophy, ethics and politics.The Confucian sincerity concept has been prevalent social ethic moral criterion and applied basilic principle, by incessant induction and summarization, not only is it the basal standard for the individual establishing oneself and managing to get along in the world, or theconsequent meaning of the individual enhancing moral culture; but also the basic rule of the social association, or the basic rule of the dominator administer the country .the ages problem brings on the academic research ,the study and inspect on the past must be experienced on the contemporary era, The Confucian sincerity concept has the important apocalyptical significance on the field of the modern economy, politics and the individual association .etc.Now, what we should do is to envisage the Confucian sincerity concept, to discard the dross and to select the essential, to wash out the content that be seasoned with old system and breach the human nature, to inherit and develop the content that be seasoned with new system and be propitious to the personality development, for the Confucian sincerity concept syncretizing the moden society better, and playing its role, it is our incumbency and duty.