The most important thing to say is to be honest and keep your word; It is not allowed to tell lies or talk nonsense.

[short story]

Yang was a reformer in the Warring States Period, and he assisted Qin Xiaogong in the political reform. At the beginning of the political reform, in order to win the trust of the people, he came up with a good way. On that day, Shang Yang erected a wooden pole with a height of 30 feet at the south gate of the capital, and publicly announced that who could carry it to the north gate and give him twelve ounces of gold. But in the afternoon, no one did it. At this time, Shang Yang ordered the reward to be increased to fifty taels. At this time, a man carried the wooden pole to the north gate. Shang Yang immediately gave the man a reward of fifty taels of gold. When people saw that Shang Yang kept his word, they responded positively to whatever policies were implemented in the future, and Shang Yang's political reform was a great success.