諸經要集 9.18

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又迦羅越六向拜經云。善知識者有四輩。一外如怨家內有厚意。二於人前直諫。於外說人善。三病瘦縣官為共征。訟憂解之。四見人貧賤心不棄捐。當念欲富之。善知識者。復有四輩。一為吏所捕。將歸藏匿於後解決之。二有病瘦消損。將歸養視之。三知識死亡官殮視之。四知識已死復念其家。

Furthermore, the Jialuoyue liu xiang bai jing (Siṅgālovāda-sūtra) says: 'There are four classes of good spiritual friends: first, appearing like an enemy externally, but possessing deep goodwill internally; second, remonstrating directly before a person, but speaking of the person's goodness elsewhere; third, when [the friend] is emaciated by illness or summoned by officials for litigation, resolving their worries for them; fourth, seeing a person poor and lowly, one's heart does not cast them aside, and one thinks to make them wealthy. There are another four classes of good spiritual friends: first, when one is arrested by officials, taking them home to hide them and afterward resolving it; second, when one is emaciated and weakened by illness, taking them home to nurse and look after them; third, when a spiritual friend dies, officially preparing the burial and looking after them; fourth, when a spiritual friend has died, continuing to look after their family.'