Honesty is one of the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation, It is the cornerstone of individual morality and also the basis for social harmony. However, due to factors such as the distorted values in the social transitional period, the lack of integrity and moral education in schools and the imperfect legal system concerning the honesty, the dishonest phenomena happen a lot. Thus, the honesty is in a dilemma. At last, the author puts forward several suggestions to solve the problem of lacking of honesty from the perspectives of moral education and legal system.