诚信溯源

Trace to the Source of Honesty

社会主义核心价值体系中的"诚信"观念经历了几千年的缓慢发展,春秋以前,受生产方式制约,人们只有"忠信"观而无"诚信"观;其后伴随生产方式的变革,"忠信"的升华激发了"诚信"的萌芽,然而"诚信"只在少数思想家那里流行,未能成为大众的主体精神;秦汉至清末两千余年的帝国时代,随着人身与人格依附的变化,诚信作为主体精神的彰显也高低不齐;历史告诉人们,诚信与否的基础在于降低人身与人格的依附,以培植主体精神的独立自主性最为关键,这是建立稳固诚信社会的必由之路。

The concept of ＂honesty＂ in Chinese socialist core value system has undergone thousands of years of slow development. Before the Spring and Autumn period, people only had the concept of ＂loyalty＂ instead of ＂honesty＂ due to the limitation of production mode. With the transmission of the mode of production, the sublimation of ＂loyalty＂ inspired the development of ＂honesty＂. However, the concept of ＂honesty＂ was only popular in few thinkers and failed to become the subjective spirit of the public. In more than two thousand years of empire time from Qin and Han Dynasty to the end of Qing Dynasty, ＂honesty＂ which embodies the subjective spirit also experienced uneven development with the changes in the personal attachment and personality independence. History tells us that the foundation of honesty is to reduce the personal attachment and personality independence with the key of cultivating the independence of the subjective spirit which is indispensable in establishing a stable society of honesty.