The leader of our Party has repeatedly reminded cadres and party members to learn from the ideals of the character Pavel Korchagin in the work “How the Steel Was Tempered” by writer Nikolai Alekseyevich Ostrovsky and emphasized: “Honor is the most sacred and noble thing”. That emphasis is the truth of life, the moral principle, and also the morality of life.
This world can reach a civilization many times higher than today, but people are still the most precious. The Vietnamese have a proverb: "People are flowers of the earth", meaning people are precious, worthy of being cherished, worthy of being admired, enjoyed, and respected the most. Because the most precious thing in people is honor. Honor is the face of personality that speaks of all the inner vitality as well as the future of a person, and more broadly, of an entire nation.
In the era of globalization, the world will respect and wish to dialogue with nations that value honor, because those nations have rich cultural reserves that need to be explored and learned. Vietnam is such a nation. Not only is it rich in patriotic traditions, Vietnam also has a humanistic tradition that values human dignity: “Even torn paper retains its edge”, “A good name is better than a clean shirt”, “A good reputation lasts forever”, “A tiger dies, leaving its skin, a man dies, leaving his reputation”… The image of the stork in folk songs, even in tragic situations, even when it may have to die, still asks: “If you stir, stir clear water/ Don’t stir muddy water, it hurts the young stork’s heart”.
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There are many shining examples of honor in history. The famous general Tran Binh Trong was unfortunately captured by the Yuan invaders (1285). The invaders lured him to surrender and said that if he surrendered, he would “become king”. He boldly scolded them: “I would rather be a ghost in the South than a king in the North”. When Hanoi fell (1882) to the overwhelming power of the French army, Governor Hoang Dieu committed suicide to preserve the honor of a general and a patriotic citizen. He followed the example of his predecessor Nguyen Tri Phuong, who also defended Hanoi, and would rather die (1873) than surrender to the enemy!
In ancient times, Confucius used honor as a basis to classify people. He often said, “A dishonest person is worse than an animal” and taught his students to take integrity, honesty, and purity as the top priority. The West also has a famous proverb: “Honor is more precious than life.” Thus, human honor and dignity are always highly valued everywhere and at all times.
In the period before 1945, communist soldiers always had to carry out two simultaneous struggles against colonialism and against individualism - the dangerous internal enemy that always lured people away from the noble ideal of national liberation and the liberation of the working class. Following the teaching of V. Lenin: "Conquering oneself is the most glorious victory", so for them: "Nothing can seduce/ Buy and sell conscience/ Personal honor/ Is the common property of comrades/ Must be meticulously preserved/ Like the pupil of the eye (To Huu - poem "The fish, half blind"). Thanks to those excellent people, our country is independent, our people are free!
The anti-corruption campaign of our Party today not only strengthens the Party but also contributes to awakening the nation's precious moral tradition: "Respect righteousness and despise wealth" (respect righteousness and affection, disregard material assets); "Starve to be clean, be ragged to be fragrant", but that does not mean accepting "hunger" and "raggedness". Respecting honor also means making honor shine: Being rich in intelligence; civilized in material; rich in spirit; altruistic, and affectionate in behavior...
As a measure of personality value, honor is always a standard, and cadres and party members must be even more standard to set an example. Uncle Ho's teachings are the best way to preserve and promote that standard: "Revolutionary morality does not fall from the sky. It is developed and consolidated through daily struggle and persistent training. Just as jade becomes brighter the more it is polished, gold becomes purer the more it is refined."
Source: https://www.qdnd.vn/chinh-tri/cac-van-de/nhin-thang-noi-that-giu-dieu-thieng-lieng-cao-quy-nhat-763772
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