- 尚能饭 wrote:
Historically, integrity has been embedded in the Chinese moral value system as in that of any other culture. All the things discussed above would find their parallels in Chinese vocabulary without any difficulty. And yet I have failed to find a Chinese word that would even come close in meaning to the English word “integrity”. The integrity would include, but certainly is not limited to, the following Chinese concepts: 忠实, 率真, 正直, 诚信, 坚固, 完整无损, 言行一致, 表里一致, 前后一致, 良好操守, 风骨, 气节, 高尚纯洁, 道德文章, 有所为有所不为, 等等. Any of these Chinese concepts alone cannot convey the very integrity of that all encompassing English word—that has been my biggest problem!
Oh, dear. That's not "vigorous writing" for sure. If you just got too many words to tell, then you simply can't tell a word, or say the word. :)
Could I be forgiven to talk about one real-world example, to inspect whether I followed up the basic understanding of Integrity and whether able to hold its basic value when facing a simple choice of the life?
We all know Chinese citizen needs a visa to study and Live in US. There has been a standard question in the visa interview for 30 years, also in the legally-binding questionnaire, which is "Will you come back to China after your study or visiting"? - You have the responsibility to tell the truth; you can choose to lie; you understood it may affect your life for next 40 years. So, what was your answer, Dear Old Shang? :)
If with China's public funding in early years, you might have been able to avoid the visa interview, but there should be a kind of "contract" in Chinese with the "State", also legally binding, explicitly defined the term and ask the applicant's return on completion, if I understood it correctly. Was there such a one, and did anybody still living abroad sign it? :))
I hope this question is no too intrusive to anyone with so far the best understanding of as well as the best faith in the word "Integrity". :)
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