Honesty is a Chinese word, pronounced as ché ng x n. Honesty is a moral category, the second "identity card" of citizens, and the general name of honesty in daily behavior and credit in formal communication. Generally refers to sincerity, honesty, trustworthiness, keeping promises, etc. But generally it mainly refers to two aspects: first, it refers to treating people sincerely and honestly, respecting facts and seeking truth from facts; The second is to keep promises.

"Honesty" is the central idea of Confucianism and the way to be a man. Being in the world should be based on honesty. Zhu, a Neo-Confucianist in Song Dynasty, said: Honest people are true and innocent. Honesty is a virtue. Famous saying: "Honesty is heaven, and heaven rewards diligence". Words and deeds must be consistent with the sky, tell the truth, do practical things and oppose hypocrisy. It means honesty.

Shuo Wen Jie Zi advocates "people's words are true", while Cheng Yi advocates "truth is true". It can be seen that "faith" not only requires people to speak honestly and reliably, but also requires people to do things honestly and reliably. The basic connotation of "faith" is to keep promises, match words with deeds, be honest and trustworthy.

"Honesty" is innate, and it is the truth and law to follow the example of heaven and pursue honesty. Although there are philosophical differences between them, from a moral point of view, "honesty" and "faithfulness" are synonymous and equivalent concepts, so Xu Shen said in Shuo Wen Jie Zi: "Honesty and faithfulness are also." "Faith, sincerity." The basic meaning is honesty and trustworthiness, consistency in words and deeds, and what you look like. This is the basic requirement of being a man.