The ancient names for making friends are:

1. Friends of the Eight Worshipers

The original meaning is that the etiquette of two disciples who have been friends for generations when they meet each other's elders is also called "friendship" in the old days. Brothers and sisters with different surnames. Later, the eight worship acquaintances refer to: the acquaintance of managing abalone, the acquaintance of a bosom friend, the acquaintance of cutting one's neck, the acquaintance of sacrificing one's life, the acquaintance of glue and paint, the acquaintance of chickens and millet, the acquaintance of forgetting one's years, and the acquaintance of life and death.

The source is from Wang Shifu's "The Romance of the West Chamber": "There was a man whose surname was Du and whose given name was Junshi. He was a classmate of Xiaosheng's hometown and was an acquaintance of eight worshippers."

2. Friendship of commoners/ Busujiao/Buyizhijiu

The definition refers to the interactions between common people, and also refers to friends who do not treat others as arrogant and get along as equals. Commoner clothes are the clothes worn by ordinary people in the old days.

The source "Warring States Policy Qi Ce San" contains the words "Wen Jun and Wen (Mengchang Juntian Wen) are friends with commoners"; "Historical Records·Biographies of Lian Po and Lin Xiangru" have "I thought they were friends with commoners" If we don't deceive each other, how can we become a big country?"

3. Friendship between cars and hats

The definition refers to friends who are not distinguished by their status, that is, the friendship between rich people and poor people.

Source: "Fengtu Ji", a chronicle of local customs written by Zhou Chu in the Jin Dynasty, states: "The Yue customs are straightforward and simple. When they first make friends with others, they are polite. They seal the earth altar, sacrifice dogs and chickens, and wish the sun: 'Although you are riding in a car I wear a hat, and I will get off the car and bow to you when we meet one day; I will walk and you will ride on the horse, and we will meet you at the same time the next day. "We should not make friends with each other based on our status."

4. Disobedient friendship

It means making friends regardless of high or low. Pestle and mortar: the mallet and stone mortar for spring rice.

The source is "The Book of the Later Han Dynasty·Biography of Wu Hu": "When Gong Shamu traveled to the East to study, he had no money and food, so he became a servant and rented youth for Hu. Hu Yuyu was shocked, so he and * "The friendship between the rod and the mortar" was later used to refer to the friendship between the rod and the mortar.

5. Heartfelt acquaintance

The definition refers to a friend who is silent and confidant. Heartfelt, a metaphor for the heart, speaking from the bottom of one's heart.

The source is Bai Juyi of the Tang Dynasty. There is a sentence in "A Hundred Rhymes of Poems in Daishu" written by Bai Juyi in the Tang Dynasty, "There is no separation between the heart and the heart, and the body and body are unruly".

Ancient poems about making friends

1. Give me a peach and give me a plum in return. ——"The Book of Songs"

In the spring garden, you give me a peach, and I give you a plum in return. This is the purest picture of friendship. Between friends and partners, treat each other equally and cherish each other. If others help me, I will definitely repay them. This is not only a virtue that people should have, but it can also make friendship richer and longer-lasting.

2. Virtue is never alone, it must have neighbors. ——"The Analects of Confucius"

A virtuous person will not be alone, there will definitely be someone close to him. A person with high moral standards must have many friends.

3. Virtue must be repaid, and resentment must not be vengeful. ——(Ming Dynasty) Zhao Qian's "Illustrations of the Sutra of Creation"

You must repay others' kindness to you, and don't care about others' hatred towards you. Indeed, tolerance is a virtue of being a human being. We should always have a tolerant heart, a grateful heart, and a sense of forgiveness, so that we can get more happiness and more friends.