The friendship between Guan and Bao refers to the deep friendship between Bao Shuya, the virtuous minister of Qi State, and Guan Zhong, the prime minister. Later, people used "Guan Baozhijia" to mean close friends.

First seen in "Liezi Li Ming", "My parents are the one who gave birth to me, and Bao Zi is the one who knows me. In this world, I call Guan Bao a good friend." The deep friendship between Guan Zhong and Bao Shuya has become A good story passed down from generation to generation in China.

Guan Zhong and Bao Shuya were virtuous ministers and generals of the Spring and Autumn Period of Qi. They were good friends when they were young. Once, they were doing business together, and Bao Shuya provided the investment money. But every time they divided the money, Guan Zhong took more money than Bao Shuya, but Bao Shuya said that his family was poor and needed money. Later, Guan Zhong and Bao Shuya were their own masters. Guan Zhong's country was defeated and Guan Zhong was arrested. King Qi Huangong wanted to kill him, but Bao Shuya stopped him.

Bao Shuya said to Duke Huan of Qi: "We cannot kill Guan Zhong, and we must reuse him." After hearing this, Duke Huan of Qi released Guan Zhong. Later, Guan Zhong became the prime minister of Qi.

Extended information:

Guan Zhong talked with the ministers and told them that when he was poor, he did business with Uncle Bao, and every time he divided the profits, he got the most. But Uncle Bao didn't think he was greedy for money; when he lost money in business, Uncle Bao didn't think he was stupid, but said he had bad luck; he served as an official three times and was expelled three times, but Uncle Bao didn't think he had no talent, but that he had bad luck. Think he was born at the wrong time.

He lost three battles. Uncle Bao did not think he was cowardly, but knew that he had an old mother to take care of at home. During his torture, he suffered a lot of humiliation. Uncle Bao did not think he was shameless. , but understand that he is informal and ashamed that his talents cannot be revealed. In the end, Guan Zhong sighed: "My parents are the ones who gave birth to me, and Uncle Bao is the one who knows me!"

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia - The Friendship of Guan and Bao