Abstract: To be deficient in the honesty and sincerity is one of serious problems in present social life in China. The construction of society of faith dependson fully excavating and absorbing in the thought resource of the honesty and sincerity in Chinese traditional ethical doctrines.How can become a subject of thehonesty and sincerity? This is the heart of theory of the honesty and sincerityof traditional Confucianism. But the establishment of the subject of the honestyand sincerity manifests mainly in the point that one does or does not make theconsciousness to be sincere. If we want to make the consciousness of subjects tobe sincere, we must use the methods of “keeping and cultivating” and “examining one's thoughts and conduct” and then make the property of sincerity in humanity to emerge and stand upright. So, speaking in the essence, the theory of thehonesty and sincerity of Confucianism is a theory of moral cultivation.

Key words: the honesty and sincerity, Confucianism, making the consciousness to be sincere

摘要： 诚信缺失是目前中国社会生活中的严重问题之一。信赖社会的构建有赖于充分挖掘和吸收中国传统伦理道德学说中的诚信思想资源。怎样才能成为一个诚信的主体？这是传统儒家诚信理论的重心所在。而诚信主体的确立又主要表现在是否“诚意”之上。欲使主体的“意诚”,就必须通过“存养”和“省察”工夫来使人性中的“诚性”呈现与挺立起来。因而从本质上说,儒家的诚信论是一种道德修养论。

关键词: 诚信, 儒家, 诚意