The real meaning of honesty is:
1. Integrity, not greed, and moral integrity. Such as "incorruptible" and "incorruptible". "Zhuangzi Jean Wang": "I enjoy the benefits of making people suffer, which is not cheap. "Tang Yao He's poem" Xinchang Li ":"The poor are getting cheaper and the rich are getting greedy.
2. Cheap. Such as: "Good quality and low price" Song Wang Yucheng's "Notes on the newly-built small bamboo building in Huangzhou": "Work and save money with its low price.
3. It's short and simple. Tang Han Yu's "Original Destruction": "The person responsible is also detailed, and he is also cheap to himself.
The original meaning of honesty:
In the Qing Dynasty, Duan Yucai explained: "Honesty is elegant. It is also clear, frugal and strict. " Generally speaking, the original meaning of "honesty" is lateral and angular, and later it is extended to the meaning of incorruptibility, frugality and convergence.
Expanding knowledge:
We often use "honesty" to describe people's noble qualities of innocence, honesty and self-control. Throughout the ages, "honesty" has also been regarded as an important requirement for dealing with people and being an official. Why do you associate "Lian" with "Jie"? Why use "honesty" to describe people's noble character?
Lian is a pictophonetic character, and Shuo Wen Jie Zi is interpreted as "Lian, Yi Ye, from wide to sound". In ancient Chinese, the word Congguang was generally related to houses.
Duan Yucai said in Notes on Explaining Words: "The edge of the hall is called' honesty'". It can be seen that the original meaning of "Lian" refers to the side of the hall, and because it is characterized by straightness, squareness and sharp edges and corners, it is extended to describe the meaning of moral categories such as integrity and squareness. Mencius' Notes and Notes says: "Lian is also a noble person."
It is generally believed that most Chinese characters with "concurrently" as their phonetic sound are related to the meaning of "small", "little" and "narrow".
It is said in Notes on Shuowen Jiezi that "honesty means frugality", and Liu Xi's Interpretation of Names and Words in the Eastern Han Dynasty states: "honesty means restraint, and self-inspection means restraint." Later, it gradually extended "cheap" to mean frugality, taking less, not greedy, etc. Mencius Li Lou said: "You can take it, you can take it, and you can take it." In ancient books, people who are virtuous and not greedy or possessive are often called "honest men" and "honest men".