"Eight Worships" is an idiom used in traditional Chinese culture to describe deep friendship and different types of friendship, and it is a touching story between eight ancient historical figures. Here are the eight types of friendships and their corresponding historical allusions:
1. Bosom friends:
Protagonists: Yu Boya and Zhong Ziqi.
Story: According to legend, during the Warring States Period, Yu Boya was good at drumming and playing the piano, once he played by the river, and the woodcutter Zhong Ziqi could hear the meaning of mountains and rivers from his piano sound, and the two became bosom friends. After Zhong Ziqi died, Yu Bo lost his voice due to toothache, broke the strings, and stopped playing for the rest of his life, in order to express his nostalgia for his best friend.
2. Friends of the neck:
Protagonist: Lian Po and Lin are similar.
Story: From "Historical Records: The Biography of Lian Po Lin Xiangru", Lin Xiangru of Zhao State protected the interests of the country through wisdom and courage, and his status surpassed that of the general Lian Po. Lian Po was unconvinced at first, but after Lin Xiangru's humility and generosity and action to put the overall situation of the country first, Lian Po was deeply ashamed and pleaded guilty, and the two became friends of life and death from then on, swearing to live and die together.
3. Glue paint friends:
Protagonists: Chen Zhong and Lei Yi.
Story: During the Eastern Han Dynasty, Chen Chong and Lei Yi admired each other, and repeatedly promoted fame and fortune, and their friendship was as inseparable as glue and paint bonding.
4. Friends of chickens:
Protagonists: Paradigm (Fan Juqing) and Zhang Shao (Zhang Yuanbo).
Story: During the Eastern Han Dynasty, Paradigm and Zhang Shao agreed to visit Zhang Shao's home one day two years later, and although the journey was long away and unannounced, Paradigm arrived as scheduled, and the friendship between the two of them kept their promises became a beautiful conversation.
5. Friends who sacrifice their lives:
Protagonists: Horn Mourning and Bo Tao.
Story: During the Spring and Autumn Period, Zuo Botao, a native of Chu State, met with Yang Jiao Ai, and the two went to Chu State to seek officials, but encountered a wind and snow on the way, and there was a shortage of food and clothing. After the sheep's horns mourned to the Chu State, he was reused, came back to bury Zuo Botao, and committed suicide next to Zuo Botao's tomb to martyr his friends.
6. Friends of life and death:
Protagonists: Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei.
Story: At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Liu Bei had great ambitions, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were both strong martial arts, brave and good at fighting, the three of them were like-minded, with common ideals and ambitions, they Taoyuan three righteous battles together, and finally established the Shu Han regime, and achieved a good story of sharing weal and woe in the troubled times.
7. Friends of Guan Bao:
Protagonists: Guan Zhong (Guan Yiwu) and Bao Shuya (Uncle Bao).
Story: During the Spring and Autumn Period, Guan Zhong's family was poor, and Bao Shuya always gave him more profits when he partnered with him to do business, even if Guan Zhong did not perform well on the battlefield, he was understood and tolerated by Bao Shuya. Later, Gongzi Xiaobai (Duke of Qi Huan) competed for the throne with Gongzi Jie and Guan Zhong assisted Gongzi Jiu and tried to assassinate Xiaobai but failed, after Xiaobai ascended the throne, under the strong recommendation of Bao Shuya, not only did not pursue the old grudges, but appointed Guan Zhong as the prime minister to help Qi dominate the princes. Uncle Bao's generosity and kindness, together with Guan Zhong's loyalty and talent, constitute this friendship that has been passed down through the ages.
8. Friends of the New Year:
Protagonists: Kong Rong and You Heng.
Story: At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Confucius's twentieth grandson, Kong Rong, and the talented You Heng, who were very different in age, still established a deep friendship, and became friends because of their common interests and worries about the current situation.
Each story embodies the noble qualities of loyalty, trust, selflessness, knowledge, and keeping promises in traditional Chinese culture, and these friendship allusions are gathered into the "Eight Worships", which has become a classic symbol of deep friendship.
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