法苑珠林 51.17

51.17

Furthermore, the Sūtra on Gṛhapatika [Singāla's] Obeisance to the Six Directions says: There are four types of good friends: first, one who appears outwardly like an adversary but inwardly cherishes deep affection; second, one who admonishes straightforwardly before one's face yet praises one's virtues to outsiders; third, when one is emaciated by illness or in trouble with officialdom, one who is anxious on one's behalf and resolves one's grief; fourth, seeing that one is poor and lowly, one whose heart does not abandon him but always thinks of wanting to make him prosperous. There are four more types of good friends: first, when one is arrested by officials, taking one home, hiding one, and later resolving the matter; second, when one is sick, emaciated, and weakened, taking one home to nurse and look after; third, when a friend dies, looking after the coffining and funeral; fourth, after a friend is dead, continuing to look after his family.