The main content of friendship: Bao likes Guan Zhong, so he does business with Guan Zhong with less money and more money. Later, although he was politically loyal to different forces, Guan Zhong failed. Bao still recommended Guan Zhong to his leader, saying that Guan Zhong has the ability to be a subordinate of Guan Zhong. Since then, people have used this idiom to describe that the weak attack and the strong suffer.

This idiom comes from the story of deep friendship between Guan Zhong and Bao. It first appeared in Liezi Mo Lifeng. "My parents gave birth to me, and Bao Zi knew me. This world is called Guan Baoshan. " The deep friendship between Guan Zhong and Bao has become a much-told story handed down from generation to generation in China. In China, people often use "Guan Bao's close friend" to describe the mutual trust between themselves and their good friends.

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Qi statesmen in the Spring and Autumn Period. My name is Yi Wu, also known as Guan. It is said that he did business in his early years and then engaged in political activities. In the struggle for the throne between Xiao Bai (Qi Huangong) and Gong Zijiu, the sons of Qi, Guan Zhong once supported Gong Zijiu. After Xiao Bai acceded to the throne, he put aside the past and reused Guan Zhong. Guan Zhong also helped Qi Huangong to carry out reforms.

Politically, the system of participating in and discussing state affairs and despising the state is implemented, that is, the monarch and the second secretary jointly govern the state, set up military organizations at all levels, and stipulate that scholars, industry and commerce go their own ways; Economically, the tax system reform was implemented, and the mining fields "declined everywhere" (see pre-Qin taxation), and some policies conducive to the development of agriculture and handicrafts were adopted.

Bao was a doctor in the State of Qi in the Spring and Autumn Period, and was famous for knowing people. When I was young, I made friends with Guan Zhong and did business together. In the chaos, he went out to Lu with Childe Xiaobai, and Guan Zhong went out to Lu with Childe Jiu. Qi Xianggong was killed, and Xiao Bai fought for the throne. Xiao Bai won the throne, that is, Qi Huangong.

Guan Zhong was imprisoned by Huan Gong. Bao knew Guan Zhong's sage and recommended him to take over his post. He himself was willing to live under Guan Zhong. Because of Guan Zhong's governance, Qi became stronger and stronger, and was praised as "a friend with Bao Zi" and "a legacy of Bao Zi" by people at that time.

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