Xunzi inherited and developed predecessor s honor or disgrace thought, proposed regarding the honor or disgrace view of himself, and gave a systematic and comprehensive exposition to the question of honor or disgrace thought.

The thinkers of pre-Qin Dynasty faced the era problem and launched an in-depth discussion about the honor or disgrace in the process of reconstructing the moral order of the whole society.

The idea of honor and disgrace as a key element in the traditional Chinese ethics has noble and rich connotations.

The traditional idea of integrity and disgrace contains three contents: public and private,integrity and greedy;honor and disgrace,which is an important content of official ethics in old China,and it has the profound cultural foundation.

To make a correct judgement on honor and disgrace necessitates a thorough understanding of their nature and origin on the basis of the good or evil behavior of people.