When "Nanakusashu," a collection of Shiki's works including Chinese-style poetry and haiku, was passed round the classmates, Soseki added his comment in Chinese at the end of the collection, which was the beginning of real friendship between Shiki and Soseki.
子規が手がけた漢詩や俳句などの文集『七草集』が学友らの間で回覧されたとき、漱石がその批評を巻末に漢文で書いたことから、本格的な友情が始まる。