Explanation: There are three kinds of beneficial friends and three kinds of harmful friends. It is beneficial to make friends with honest people, honest people and knowledgeable people. It is harmful to make friends with flatterers, people who flatter on the surface, people who slander behind their backs and people who are good at rhetoric.
2. The gentleman is harmonious but different, and the villain is not harmonious. -Excerpt from The Analects of Confucius Lutz.
Explanation: A gentleman can maintain a harmonious atmosphere with his surroundings, but he should have his own independent views on everything, instead of blindly agreeing with others; Little people have no opinions of their own. Although they are always consistent with others, they don't really care about real harmony.
3, the number of things is humiliating; There are few friends. -from the Analects of Confucius.
Note: I always follow the monarch (leader) when something happens. Although it is near, it is not far from bring disgrace to oneself. I'm always with my friends when I have something to do. Although it seems close, it is not far from your alienation.
4, in a threesome, there must be my teacher, follow the chosen one and change the bad one. -from the Analects of Confucius.
Explanation: When several people walk together, there must be someone who can be my teacher. We should choose their advantages to learn. If we see their shortcomings, we should reflect on whether we have the same shortcomings as them. If there is, we must correct it together.
5. Don't make friends worse than yourself. -Excerpt from The Analects of Confucius Learning and Articles
Explanation: No friends are better than yourself.