"Break your word" comes from Zuo Zhuan's Twenty-two Years of "xianggong". The original text is as follows: without two kings, you can't stand your word. The meaning of this sentence is: the monarch's orders are out and out, and it is difficult to stand on your own feet without faith.

Appreciation of "breaking your word"

The word "stand" in "breaking your word" means self-reliance. Trustworthiness is not only the foundation of a person, but also the way of governing a country. However, keeping promises is not unprincipled, and we cannot do some bad things that are harmful to people, society, the country and others. The most essential meaning of faith is to be responsible for everything you say and do.

Introduction of Zuo Zhuan

Zuozhuan, formerly known as Zuoshi Chunqiu, illustrates the outline of Chunqiu by describing the specific historical facts in the Spring and Autumn Period. Legend has it that Zuo Zhuan was written by Zuo Qiuming, a historian at the end of the Spring and Autumn Period. Zuo Zhuan is an important document to study the history of pre-Qin and Spring and Autumn Period. Zuo Zhuan records the decline of the royal family in Zhou Dynasty and the history of the hegemony of princes, and records and comments on various etiquette norms, laws and regulations, social customs, ethnic relations, moral concepts, astronomy and geography.