In ancient China, the concept of "contractual spirit" was embodied in the government's political laws, private contracts among the people, official political laws and folk customs. In ancient China, the legal system and the judiciary also attached great importance to the performance of good faith. In legal judgments involving contracts, acts such as breach of contract and breach of contract are also the targets of judicial sanctions in past dynasties. As early as the Tang Dynasty, there were legal provisions to guarantee the performance of the contract. "Tang Law Proposal" clearly stipulates: "If a breach of contract fails to pay the debts, more than one horse will violate the 20 th, and the first class will be added on the 20 th, and the penalty will be 60; Thirty horses, plus second class; A hundred horses, plus a third-class soldier. Every order has compensation. " Obviously, breaking the contract is a "crime" prohibited by laws and regulations in traditional justice. Contract documents play an important role in people's daily life. During the Western Zhou Dynasty, a sales contract engraved on a bronze tripod appeared in China. In the Qin and Han dynasties, people's contracts about transactions were recorded on bamboo slips, and the number was considerable. Since the Wei and Jin Dynasties, a large number of paper contract documents have appeared, extending to the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and only tens of millions of them have been circulated so far. Of course, we can't say that the existence of contract documents has "contract spirit", but a large number of contract documents are undoubtedly a window for us to observe China's contract tradition.
Confucianism has always advocated the positive value of honesty and credibility, and demanded the credibility of people's words, so "painting means credibility" and "establishing evidence as credibility". As the ancients said, once a word is spoken, it is difficult to recall it. However, in today's society, the spirit of the ancients has been abandoned by many people. People think that black cats and white cats are good cats as long as they can catch mice. The consequence of this is to do whatever it takes to succeed, or even break the rules for the result. People often give up contracts because of interests, think they are smart and take advantage of loopholes, but lose their personality and credibility. For example, food safety has always been the first livelihood issue in China, but in recent years, bad businesses are common, and consumers' safety is abandoned in order to make more profits. How far can a businessman who can't keep his promise go without his own contractual spirit? It is good to regard the spirit of contract as corporate culture. At the same time, enterprises should earnestly fulfill their social responsibilities and operate in good faith.
If you are poor, you will be immune, and if you are rich, you will help the world. We are more of a small individual in society. Social responsibility seems to be far away from us, but personal reputation and credit reporting are closely related to us. The flower buds and daily credit cards in Alipay are credit tools that we often use, but many people may forget the promise notice before opening these businesses. Once these credit tools are used, it shows that you need to fulfill your promise of timely repayment, otherwise you will face the risk of breaking your promise and breaking your contract.
In April this year, the central bank's credit information center launched a new version of the credit information report. The new personal credit report further refines personal information and covers all aspects of life. Dishonesty anywhere may be recorded in the new personal credit report, and the repayment record has been extended to 5 years. When an individual applies for a loan, whether it is mortgage, car loan or consumer loan, most financial institutions will check the personal credit report first. Therefore, once a negative record is left on the credit report, it will directly affect the credit approval.
People who often use Alipay will know the score of "Sesame Credit Score". The level of credit score directly comes from your daily behavior, such as living payment, repayment of loans, financial management and so on. The level of credit score will also affect the loan amount you borrow from Alipay, whether you need a deposit to ride a yellow car, and the reputation of the salted fish seller. In an era when credit is so important, personal image is directly linked to your credit, and the basis of these is "contract".
Therefore, it is not difficult to find that, with the continuous improvement of social civilization, the spirit of contract is not just a slogan, but a norm that needs to be practiced by social governments, enterprises and individuals in both western and China societies. Therefore, keeping promises will be the lowest transaction cost in this century. The contract has nothing to do with human feelings and interests. Please don't put your own interests above the contract.