Trace of integrity

Integrity is a delicate flower and grass, which is suitable for external conditions.

◎ Wu Xiren

◎ Editor in this article 玉 Jiang Yu

Integrity is a delicate flower and grass, which is suitable for external conditions. It germinates, grows, and blooms. On the contrary, if external conditions are not appropriate, it is difficult to find it.

However, it does not think the rich loves the rich. In the place where economic development is lagging, people do not have much crooked heart. In the tribal society, people are embarrassed to do business and think that it is not a decent thing. When they are forced, they will put their surplus living materials on the roadside, and then hide from a distance. If the passers -by thinks it is what he needs, he will put down his surplus and take that thing. The owner and the owner waited for the man to go away before he came out to get what the man left. With things and things, currency is also exempted, and the market is also exempted. What bargaining is avoided. This sounds a bit like a beautiful myth, but there are still traces to this day.

Hunan writer Ling Yu told a story in Dashan in western Hunan in "Shen Congwen Biography": "In 1984, Hunan Modern Literature Society held an annual meeting in Zhangjiajie, western Hunan. At that time, it was in October. I invited me to buy chestnuts and see the chestnuts sold by a rural wife on the road, and they proposed to buy two pounds to taste new, and said that I did n’t know the scale, and told me to show her scales. Listening to this, the boss unhappyly picked up the chestnut on the scale of nearly one third, and said: 'I do n’t believe in people, I am afraid that I can scales less and call it to you! On the scales, the scale rod is raised high. "The author did not start, but I expected that the scene must be embarrassing. The dignity of a simple rural wife was inadvertently injured by two non -malicious foreigners, and it felt insulted. What was sad?

There is another scene outside Dashan. According to an official media report in early April, after a elderly man died, his family sent his body to a triple hospital to temporarily store it for the fire, and charged 38,000 yuan in less than 3 days. Just a few days ago, an old man died in this hospital and was stored in the same Tai Emperor for 3 days, with a fee of nearly 20,000 yuan. The daughter -in -law's daughter -in -law said: "There is a cost of 5990 yuan, named gratitude to filial piety. I don't know what kind of filial piety is now. I said what money this 900 yuan is, and the hospital is equivalent to setting up the one under the death. Plant paper copper coins. It is raised from the semi -underground, without 100 meters, and it takes 1200 yuan. The hospital is just a golden carpet. And a 800 yuan money is called flowers. The other 3,000 yuan is called a comprehensive service, I am I don't know what this comprehensive service is now. "When the old people lived and frugal, what was so buried after death? Once the matter was exposed, public opinion was uproar, and the relevant departments immediately investigated.

In addition to commercial fraud, there are naked fraud. In this regard, I set a purpose: not to be greedy and cheap, not hooking. I was annoyed by them, and I would be happy with them. For example, someone called and claimed that it was a bank's credit department. According to my performance, I had a loan amount of 300,000 yuan and asked me if I needed it. I would answer this way: "I have a few leisure money to borrow, do you need it?" Someone often called and asked: "We can get a formal degree recognized by the state, do you need it?" I would ask, "I will ask," I am 98 years old, what do you want to do? "

I thought I couldn't enter the knife and gun, and there were actually weakness. Once, I bought sweet potatoes on the suburban market. It was a peasant couple, the old man weighed, and his wife collected money. I came out of the countryside. I had a sense of closeness to the farmers in my heart. Looking at the simple faces of the two of them, I relaxed my vigilance. When I paid, I had no change, so I had to take out a hundred yuan bill. The woman returned the money to me in a blink of an eye, saying that my money was missing a corner. I was surprised and changed one. She was like a magic, and she showed a lack of corners, and I had to change one more. After entering the city, I took two hornless money to change the bank. The bank staff used the banknote check machine to check it, saying that they were all false. I knew it was deceived. But why don't I understand, how could the two so honest farmers be scammers? In my concept, farmers may be conservative, may be short -sighted, and may be jealous of other people's houses to collect three or five buckets, but there will be no such familiar scams.

British scholar Wilkinson and Picott have studied for 30 years. Compared with the 23 richest countries in the world, a book published a book 10 years ago called "Unexpected Pain: How to Lear Social Issues", You can answer my question.

They believe that inequality is the root cause of various social issues, and the most healthy and happy society has one thing in common: social members are more equal. They also said that social inequality affects the mutual trust between people. In Sweden with the highest level of equality, 66%of people think they can trust others; and only 10%of Portugal who is low in equality can believe that trust can trust in trust. other people. The social integrity of the United States is rapidly declining, 60%in 1960, and less than 40%by 2004.

Regarding the integrity of the United States, there is a saying that American scholar Dan Erley's "Strange Studies".The book said that according to the 2002 social integrity survey, Denmark, Finland and New Zealand are tied first, at the end of Haiti, Iraq, Myanmar, and Somali, the 163th, and the 20th in the United States.The United States was ranked 14th in 2000, and 6 years lost in two years.Why does the social integrity in the United States fall rapidly?As far as I know, it is due to the development of financial capitalism and the hollow industrialization, and the gap between the rich and the poor rapidly widen, bringing a series of social problems, including impacting the Mountains of Congress, the decline in integrity is only one of them.

what should we do?There is only one way out: deepening reforms, strengthening the rule of law, narrowing the gap between the rich and the poor, ensuring that the society is generally fair, and prepare a suitable soil for the growth of integrity.

This is related to the well -being of the people.After more than 40 years of reform and opening up, the people are generally wealthy, and they are different.If health is damaged due to the decline in social integrity and greatly reduces happiness, isn't it illegal?

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