Abstract: The faith of Chinese traditional moral principles' culturebuilds on the self-sufficient small-scale peasant economy, belongs to that kindof moral field which arises from the dignity and consanguinity faith, and emphasizing in morality, while the faith of the western legal culture set on the market economic contract, stressing on norm and supervision, which reflects equality,freedom and lawful rights' legal awareness. In author's opinion, comparing to Chinese traditional society, great changes have taken place in the modern China'ssociety in the fields of social structure, moral relationship and values, and etc. the phenomena of the faith crisis appeared in market economy development not shows the ineffective problems in traditional moral and ethics culture, but embodies the defective matters in legal faith. It forces us to realize the faithintegration of the Chinese-western culture, and establish a type of modern social faith culture which supported by morality, based on property rights, guaranteed by legality, and then push forward the fully establishment of the social faithful system.

Key words: the Chinese-western faith culture, differences, modern integration, foundation of the faithful system

摘要： 中国传统伦理文化中的诚信是建立在封建社会自给自足的小农经济基础之上,属于一种由人格信任、亲缘(熟人)信任所构成的道德范畴,强调的是伦理性;而西方法律文化中的诚信是建立在市场经济的契约关系之上,它强调的是规范和监督,体现了平等、自由与正当权利的法治精神。当代中国社会相对传统社会而言在社会结构、伦理关系、价值观念等方面都发生了重大变化,市场经济发展中的诚信危机现象,既有传统伦理道德文化的失灵问题,又有法律诚信的缺失问题。这就要求我们在党的十六届三中全会精神的指导下,实现传统伦理诚信文化的现代转型。

关键词: 中西诚信文化, 差异, 现代整合, 信用体系建立