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Bao Shuya
鮑叔牙
In Chinese culture Bao Shuya is known mainly for his loyalty to his friend, as well as his open-mindedness and tolerant and his judgement of ability; Guan Zhong's political career and the subsequent power of the state of Qi arguably began from Bao's belief in his friend's talent, which he stood by firmly. The Shiji records a quote from Guan regarding his lifelong friend and supporter:
在中國文化中，鮑叔牙因其對朋友的忠誠、處事開明、審時度勢的能力而著名。正是因為鮑叔牙對管仲才華的推崇和堅持，才有了后者的政治生涯及齊國實力的強大。《史記》曾援引了管仲形容其一生的朋友和支持者鮑叔牙的一段話:
"When Bao and I did business together I would take more profits for myself; he did not deem me greedy, but understood my poverty; when I came up with business ideas that incurred losses he did not deem me foolish, but put it down to business fluctuations. When I asked for audiences with lords thrice and was thrice rejected he did not deem me useless, but put it down to lack of opportunity; when I fled from battle thrice he did not deem me cowardly, but understood I had an ailing mother at home. When Prince Jiu was killed I was jailed and disgraced, and endured it; he did not deem me shameless, but knew I had greater ambitions. My parents gave birth to me, but it is Bao who knows me best."
“我當初貧窮時，曾和鮑叔一起做生意，分錢財，自己多拿，鮑叔不認為我貪財，他知道我貧窮啊!我曾經替鮑叔辦事，結果使他處境更難了，鮑叔不認為我愚蠢，他知道時運有利有不利。我曾經三次做官，三次被國君辭退，鮑叔不認為我沒有才能，他知道我沒有遇到時機。我曾經三次作戰，三次逃跑，鮑叔不認為我膽怯，他知道我家里有老母親。公子糾失敗了，召忽為之而死，我卻被囚受辱，鮑叔不認為我不懂得羞恥，他知道我不以小節為羞，而是以功名沒有顯露于天下為恥。生我的是父母，了解我的是鮑叔啊!”
