China has a five-thousand –year long history with ancient culture. Honesty, the excellent culture, has influenced us for several thousand years, and has become a part of our civilization and an essential part of Chinese culture.
Honesty has always been a good virtue since the ancient time in our country. Long long ago, a king wanted to find a person to be the future king. He gave every child a seed, and promised that the one who could plant the most beautiful flower can get this honor. When it was time to show the children’s flowers, every child came with beautiful ones, except one child named Yang Ping coming without flower in the base. Finally, he was chosen as the king. The reason is that all the seeds had been cooked, which could never grow flowers. The king did not want to find the best gardener but the most honest child. The message of this story is that honesty to the full extent is the best way to deal with matters.
Only those who treat study, work, family and the public honestly, can be recognized by society and get to the peak of their life. As to us, honesty means fulfilling our promise to our companion. If you promise being a hardworking child who never worry your parents, you should make progress and begin with the small things……If you promise helping your fellows, you should do whatever you can. Whenever, wherever and whatever it is, we should think and act in one and the same way.
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