A story about honesty

Stories about honesty include Ceng Zi's killing a pig, Lu Bu's "keeping a promise as good as a thousand dollars", and Shang Yang's persistence as a letter? Ji Zha hung up his sword, kept his promise to his children, and made an alliance under the bridge.

Story 1: Ceng Zi kills pigs?

Zeng Shen's wife went out to buy food one day, and her son ran out with her in tears. Mother said to her son, "Go home quickly, and I'll kill a pig for you when mother comes back."

As a result, she came home and saw Zeng Shen sharpening his knife to kill the pig. She rushed over and said, "I was just joking with my son and coaxing him." How can it be serious? "

Zeng Shen said to his wife, "Parents can't joke with their children because they don't have a concept of right and wrong. Everything is learned by parents and taught by parents. " If you cheat him today, you are teaching him to cheat. If you cheat him once, he will never trust you again. This is not the way to teach children well. "

Story 2: Kibu's promise is as good as a thousand dollars.

At the end of Qin Dynasty, there was a man named Ji Bu, who was honest and frank. He always keeps his promise and enjoys a high reputation. Many people have established a strong friendship with him. At that time, there was even a proverb: "It is better to get a hundred pounds of gold than to keep a promise."

This is the origin of the idiom "keep your word". When Chu and Han contended, Lu Bu was Xiang Yu's subordinate, and made several suggestions and defeated Liu Bang's army. Later, Lu Bu followed Xiang Yu's defeat and was wanted by Liu Bang. Many people came out to protect him, which enabled him to tide over the difficulties safely. Finally, Jibu was valued by the Han Dynasty for his honesty.

This classic honesty story of China tells us that if a person is honest and trustworthy, he will naturally get a lot of help and gain everyone's respect and friendship.

Story 3: Shang Yang stands firm as a letter.

Shang Yang's belief in wood is an important event in the capital of Qin State during the Warring States Period, and it is also a famous honest and trustworthy story in history. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Shang Yang presided over the political reform with the support of Qin Xiaogong.

At that time, at a time of frequent wars and panic, in order to promote political reform, Shang Yang ordered a 30-foot-long wood to be erected outside the south gate of the capital, and made a promise in public: whoever can move this wood to the north gate will be rewarded with 12 silver. But all people don't believe it. Only when the reward was raised to fifty gold did a strong man move the wood to the north gate, and Shang Yang promised him fifty gold.

Shang Yang's move won the people's trust in Shang Yang, established prestige in the hearts of the people, and Shang Yang's subsequent reforms were quickly popularized in Qin State. This story is also called Shang.

Story 4: Ji Zha hangs a sword.

During the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a man named Ji Zha in the State of Wu. On one occasion, he sent an envoy to Lu on behalf of Wu. On the way through Guo Xu, the monarch of Guo Xu invited him to have dinner with him.

During the dinner, Guo took a fancy to the sword around Ji Zha's waist, but he didn't have the courage to say it. Ji Zha knew from the monarch's eyes that he loved this sword. But according to the etiquette at that time, you must wear a sword when representing the country, so he thought to himself, "When I finish my task, I will give this sword to Xu."

As a result, when he came back from his mission, Xu had already passed away. Ji Zha went to the monarch's grave to salute, and then hung his sword on a tree beside the tomb. The attendant saw it and asked him, "Master, you didn't promise to give the sword to the monarch at that time. Even if you did, now that everyone is dead, there is no need to hang the sword there, right?"

Ji Zha replied: "I promised in my heart from the beginning, why not take my heart with me?" That is to say, in my heart, I have promised it to him. How can I break my promise just because he is dead?

Story 5: Don't break your promise to your children.

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was an official named Ji Guo. His moral character is very good and very trustworthy. When he was a shepherd in Bing, he visited the people and was very popular with them.

When I arrived in Meiji County, Xihe County, a group of children came running to him and said, "My Lord, when will you come again next time?" He roughly calculated the time and then told the children to come to this place again when they were free.

When he returned to this place after his trip, he was one day ahead of the time he told the children. Ji Guo told Everywhere: "We can't go to town today because we will break our promise to our children." Therefore, Ji Guo spent the night in the pavilion in the wild and went to town the next day, where the children were waiting for him.

Story 6: Alliance under the Bridge

Once upon a time, there was a young man named Wei Sheng. One day, he fell in love with a girl at first sight and made an appointment to meet her at Longbridge the next day. The next day, Weisheng arrived as scheduled, but the girl didn't come, so Weisheng lingered on the long bridge waiting for the girl to appear.

I've been waiting for a long time, but I haven't seen the girl yet, but the weather is not good and it's raining heavily. Weisheng thinks he has an appointment with that girl and can't break his word. He stayed on the bridge from beginning to end, and finally drowned holding the bridge post. This is an old story about honesty in China, which is called "Alliance under the Bridge".