Differentiation and analysis between the connotations of historical and modern views of good faith

Good faith is the traditional virtue of the Chinese nation. The view and the idea of good faith have a long history and coming in a stream, its reasonable ingredient is regarded as Chinese nation’s valuable moral resources. However, the good faith in the traditional morals has its limitations of history and social class, which has a differentiation with the demands of the modern market economy, mainly shows that: the former is simply the moral category, emphasizes that the moral fist with the characteristics of narrowness and inequality; the later is a legal and moral category, emphasizes that the benefit first with the characteristics of universality and equality. A fully understanding of the, differentiation has a great significance in terms of building up a modern view of good faith which fits for the development of the socialist market economy and harmonious society.