1. Zeng Zi slaughtering pigs: Zeng Zi’s madam goes to market, his son is crying to follow her. His mother said, "You go back, and I will kill the pig for you when I come back." She had just come back from the market. Zengzi was about to kill a pig for his son. His wife said: "I was just joking, but you actually believed it." Zengzi said: "Go to your parents to teach him, and listen to their parents' teachings." Now when you deceive your child, you are teaching him to deceive others. If the mother deceives the child, the child will not believe his mother. So he killed pigs and cooked meat to eat.

2. A promise worth a thousand pieces of gold: In the early Western Han Dynasty, there was a man named Ji Bu, who was very loyal. As long as it is something he has promised, no matter how difficult it is, he must find ways to do it. There was also a proverb circulating at that time: "It is better to get a promise from Ji Bu than to get a hundred jins of gold (it is better to get a promise from Ji Bu than to get a hundred taels of gold)."

Later, Liu Bang defeated Xiang Yu and became emperor, and began to hunt down Xiang Yu's subordinates. However, Ji Bu valued his integrity and won the hearts of the people. People would rather risk the annihilation of the three tribes to provide him with a hiding place than betray him for the reward of one thousand taels of gold.

3. The Flower of Honesty: There was a king who wanted to find an honest child to be his prince because he had no children. He said to the children who came to apply: "I will give you a seed today. In three months, whoever can grow the most beautiful flowers for me will be the prince."

Three The month has passed, and the clever or clever children, holding pots of colorful flowers, came to participate in the final competition. There was only one child with an empty pot and tears in his eyes: "Dear King, I water the pot hard every day, fertilize carefully, and hold the pot in my arms even when I sleep, but I don't grow anything?" The king laughed loudly after hearing this: "Honest prince, you can't grow any flowers, because all I give you are fried seeds!" In the story, the child became a prince by being honest.

4. Integrity at the crossroads: A soldier was very bad at long-distance running, so he quickly fell far behind in a cross-country race in the army and was left alone

Ling Running. After turning a few turns, we came across a fork in the road. One road was marked for officers to run on; the other road was marked for soldiers to run on. He paused for a moment, and although he was dissatisfied that being an officer even allowed him to participate in cross-country races, he still ran towards the soldier's path. Unexpectedly, when we reached the finish line half an hour later, we were ranked first.

He thought this was incredible. He had never been ranked, not even in the top 50. However, the officer who presided over the race smiled and congratulated him on his victory.

After a few hours, a large number of people arrived. They were exhausted from running and felt strange when they saw that he had won. But suddenly everyone realized how important it is to be honest and trustworthy at the crossroads.

5. Shang Yang established a tree: Shang Yang appointed Qin Xiaogong as prime minister and wanted to enact a new law. In order to win the trust of the people, Shang Yang erected a three-foot-long log at the south gate of the capital city and recruited people. Anyone who could carry this piece of wood to the north gate would be given a big reward. Everyone thought it was a lie. Only one man carried it to the north gate. Shang Yang immediately fulfilled his promise. Shang Yang's reform was implemented smoothly.