What is the highest state of honesty?

Honesty is the foundation of being a man, success and the highest realm of honesty. People will take off their hats and respect an innocent person and his honest character, no matter how noble or humble he is, even if he has no power. On the contrary, all people's bad habits, traced back to the source, are related to lying and cheating.

Generally speaking, doing good things, doing reasonable and legal things and doing things that benefit the people are aboveboard and honest. On the other hand, anything that harms other people's interests, immorality, or even harms nature and has no face to see the elders in Jiangdong is always shady, and most of them operate behind closed doors, so they are too secretive to tell the truth. Therefore, lying and deceiving people has become an indispensable "bomb shelter" for them.

Honesty is the virtue of the Chinese nation. "Honesty is the way to cultivate a gentleman's mind", "Clever is not as good as honesty", "Those who touch people with sincerity should respond with sincerity". However, people can't help but see with sadness that honesty has been trampled on, and cheating, deception, abduction, fraud and other deceptive acts abound. Lying, making up lies, deceiving the superior and deceiving the inferior can be seen almost everywhere, which has seriously damaged the social atmosphere, damaged normal interpersonal relationships, and the "trust" of society has taken a sharp turn for the worse.

The core of honesty is truth. The core of deception is falsehood. Honesty is an extraordinary self-confidence, a symbol of strength, and a magnanimity and frankness in grasping justice and truth. At any time and under any circumstances, the dignity and value of human nature lies not in shrewdness, but in honesty. This kind of example has existed since ancient times.

Song Zhenzong held a court exam. Yan Shu read the exam and said, I did this topic ten days ago, and the draft is still there. Please change the subject. Song Zhenzong greatly appreciates Yan Shu's honesty. One year, Song Zhenzong approved courtiers to visit various tourist attractions for a few days and eat for a few days. Officials from all ministries went to play happily, but Yan Shu stayed at home to study. Song Zhenzong thought that he didn't travel, because he cherished his time and devoted himself to his study and career, so he was chosen to help the prince.

Instead of climbing high, Yan Shu honestly said to the emperor, "It's not that I don't like eating, drinking and having fun, but that I don't go out because of lack of money." The emperor praised and reused his honesty. When he arrived in Song Renzong, Yan Shu had become prime minister. Yan Shu dared to tell the emperor frankly that he had "done this topic" because he had full confidence in his strength in taking the exam. He told Emperor Zhenzong truthfully that he didn't travel because of lack of money, because he respected his true face and morality, and didn't want to deceive the emperor and the respect of the world with false appearances. This frankness didn't bring him any embarrassment, but it fully showed Yan Shu's personality charm.

Generally speaking, there will be no big deviation in entrusting important tasks and events to honest people. Emperor gaozu trusted honesty, so he entrusted major events to Zhou. Qi Jinggong respected Yan Zi's honesty and gave him an important task. A pound of honesty is better than a ton of shrewdness. Honesty is too important to choose friends or promote cadres, and it should be the first condition among many conditions. Friends who change their minds, ten out of ten, or cadres who have deteriorated, are gradually transformed from dishonesty.

Honesty is not only the lowest standard of a person's moral character, but also the highest realm of being a man. Honesty is the starting point and destination of being a man. No matter how high or low, without the word honesty, you are not qualified to talk about human virtues and accomplishments such as ideals, sentiments, aspirations, integrity, education and endowment, and naturally you are not a good friend, let alone a good cadre.