What are the aphorisms, idioms and stories about honesty?

Don't cherish gold and jade, but loyalty is precious. -Book of Rites

Keep your word. Mozi

Small trust is great faith. -"It's over."

People's help lies in faith, and the place of faith lies in sincerity. -"New Tang Book"? Lu zhizhuan

Push sincerity without bullying, keep promise without doubt. -[Song] Lin Bu

I would rather be attacked by 100 sincere enemies than praised by 10 hypocritical friends. -[Hungary] Fedofi

Credit is property. With credit, everything is there. -[North Korea] Zheng Zhouyong

Credit is scarce and unstable. It takes ten years to accumulate [de] credit, but it is often lost because of one thing [de]. -[Japan] Daisaku Ikeda

2 [classic material]

Honesty is the foundation of being a man.

Ji Bu was a native of Chu at the end of Qin Dynasty (generally referring to the present Jianghuai Valley). When he was young, he liked making friends very much and was very loyal and reliable. He promises everything to others and will try his best to do it. Ji Bu's quality of keeping his word won him a reputation among his peers. Later, his reputation became more and more famous, even many rangers in the north knew it, so that there was a folk proverb: "A hundred catties of gold is not as good as a promise."

Politics should win the trust of the people.

Shang Yang, as the phase of Qin Xiaogong, wanted to be a new law. Qin Xiaogong was worried and hesitant. Shang Yang finally persuaded Qin Xiaogong to carry out political reform and promulgated a new law. In order to win the trust of the people, Shang Yang set up a three-pillar tree at the south gate of the country, and recruited some people to move the tree to the north gate [Germany] and gave 10 gold. People are surprised by this practice and dare not move this piece of wood. Then, Shang Yang informed people that whoever moved would be given 50 gold. A bold [Germany] finally moved this piece of wood, and Shang Yang immediately rewarded him with 50 gold to show his integrity. This fact of winning trust finally convinced people that the new law was credible, and thus the new law was implemented.

The essence of honesty [virtue] is not against one's will ("Ji Zha hangs a sword on the grave tree")

Ji Zha was the younger brother of Zhu Fan, an aristocrat of the State of Wu in the Spring and Autumn Period. In 544 BC, he was ordered to send envoys to Xu, Lu, Qi, Zheng, Wei and Jin. When he passed Xu Shiguo for the first time, Xu Jun admired Ji Zha's sword, but he couldn't say it. Ji Zha understands Xu Jun [Germany], but he is going to other countries [Germany], so the sword can't be given to Xu Jun for the time being. He intends to give it to Xu Jun after he goes to other countries. Unexpectedly, when he went to other countries and was allowed to return home, Xu Jun was already dead. Ji Zha felt very sorry and thought he was going to give the sword to Xu Jun. He took it off and hung it on the tree in front of Xu Jun's grave.

Only he knows that [Germany] promised a sword [Germany], and Ji Zha is not careless. He didn't do anything against his heart [Germany], which shows that his ideological realm of keeping promises [Germany] is purer and higher!

Losing honesty can even lead to national subjugation (the king of the world breaks his promise and dies)

Zhou Youwang was the last king of the Western Zhou Dynasty. One year, in order to please, the recommending country gave this beautiful woman to Wang and liked it very much. Not long after, Cong You gave birth to a son named Uncle. Zhou Youwang abolished Shen Hou and Prince Yi, and praised him greatly, and then he became a prince. Praise has won Zhou Youwang's favor and become a queen, but she never smiles. Zhou Youwang tried every means to make her laugh, but in vain. In order to win the beauty's smile, Zhou Youwang came up with a way to hold a bonfire party. The bonfire was set up at the border to protect national security at that time, which is equivalent to the current alarm equipment. If the enemy invades at night, light firewood at the beacon tower; If the enemy attacks during the day, it will ignite dry wolf dung and release smoke, and will ignite one by one until it is far away. When the princes see the fireworks, they will come to the rescue immediately. On this day, Zhou Youwang went to Mount Li with praise and ordered the bonfire to be lit. Seeing the fireworks, the governors from all walks of life immediately led their troops to rush here. He smiled happily when he saw hordes coming from all directions. Praise smiled, governors make a trip in vain, disgruntled. In order to appreciate the coquetry of praise and laughter, Wang You lit bonfires many times, but the princes were fooled many times and never came again. At this time, the enemy really invaded. It was Shen Hou's father, Shen Hou, who hated the queen and the prince, and then launched an army to attack the king. The king was alone and had no soldiers to help him. He was killed at the foot of Mount Li, and the Western Zhou Dynasty ended.

Keeping a promise is a promise (Li Kuchan's burned painting)

Li Kuchan is a famous contemporary painter in China. He is very straightforward. He never breaks his promise to paint for others.

Once, an old friend asked him to draw a picture, and Li Kuchan readily agreed. Unfortunately, Li Kuchan failed to finish the painting in time for some reasons. Soon after, when he received the obituary of his old friend's death, he felt ashamed. He hastily drew a picture, drew a "Lotus", solemnly wrote down his old friend's name, stamped it, and immediately took it to the backyard, stood still and burned it. Afterwards, Li Kuchan also said to his son, "If there are old friends who want to paint in the future, you should hurry me in time and don't break your word!"

Honesty wins a good reputation (a large airliner with only one passenger)

A Boeing 747 plane from Tokyo to London has 353 seats and 20 crew members. However, on one voyage, the plane only carried one female passenger. Why does British Airways, the owner of this plane, have to pay so much money? As a result, the plane was delayed for 20 hours due to technical problems. At that time, almost all the passengers changed their plans and switched to other passenger planes. Only Riko Yamamoto stayed. According to the practice of civil aviation, British Airways would rather lose huge costs and expenses, but also win the credibility for this passenger and let him fly as usual.