The Bustan of Sadi: Contents

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Introduction		12
	In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful	25
	On the Reason for the Writing of the Book	27
	Concerning Atabak Abu Bakr, Son of Sad	28

CHAP.
I.	Concerning Justice, Counsel, and the Administration of Government:
	Nushiravan's Counsel to his Son	31
	Discourse concerning Travellers	31
	Story illustrating the Need for Deliberation	32
	Story of the King whose Coat was Coarse	37
	Story of Darius and the Herdsman	37
	Story of Abdul Aziz and the Pearl	38
	Story of how Tukla was rebuked by a Devotee	39
	Discourse concerning Riches and Poverty	40
	Story of Qazal Arsalan and the Fort	40
	A Story of Damascus	41
	Story of a Bully	43

II.	Concerning Benevolence:
	Story illustrative of doing good to the Evil	45
	Story concerning Fasting	45
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	Story illustrative of Practical Charity	46
	Story of a Man and a Thirsty Dog	48
	Story Apropos of Nemesis	49
	Story of a Fool and a Fox	51
	Story of a Devout Miser	52
	Story of Hatim Tai	53
	Story of Hatim and the Messenger sent to kill him	54
	Story illustrative of misdirected kindness	57
	Discourse concerning Kindness to Orphans	59

III.	Concerning Love:
	Discourse concerning Constancy	61
	Story of a Dancer	62
	Story illustrating the Reality of Love	63
	Story illustrative of Patience	63
	Story of One who was Assiduous in Prayer	65
	Story of Sultan Mahmud and his Love for Ayaz	65
	Story of a Village Chief	67
	Story of a Fire-fly	67
	Story of a Moth and a Candle	68
	Another Story on the same Subject	68

IV.	Concerning Humility:
	Story of a Raindrop	70
	Story illustrative of Pious Men regarding themselves with Contempt	71
	Story of Sultan Bayazid Bustami	72
	Discourse on Conceit	73
	Story of the Darwesh and the Proud Cadi	74
	Story of the Honey-seller	78
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	Story illustrating the Forbearance of Good Men	79
	Story illustrating the Noble-mindedness of Men	79
	Story of a Kind Master and his Disobedient Slave	80
	Story of Maruf Karchi and the Sick Traveller	82
	Story illustrating the Folly of the Ignoble	84
	Story of One who had a Little Knowledge	85
	Story illustrating the Humility of the Pious	85
	Story illustrating the Value of Soft Words	86
	Story illustrating the Wisdom of Feigning Deafness	87
	Story illustrating Forbearance for the Sake of Friends	88
	Story of Luqman, the Sage	89

V.	Concerning Resignation:
	Story of a Soldier of Isfahan	91
	Story of the Doctor and the Villager	94
	Story of the Villager and his Ass	94
	Story illustrating Luck	95
	Story of One who blamed his Destiny	95
	Story of a Darwesh and his Wife	96
	Story of a Vulture and a Kite	97
	Story of a Camel	98
	Discourse concerning Hypocrisy	98

VI.	Concerning Contentment:
	Story of the King of Khwarazm	101
	Concerning the Evil of Over-eating	102
	Story of a Glutton	103
	Story of a Recluse	103
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	Story illustrating the Evils of Avarice	103
	Story of an Ambitious Cat	104
	Story of a short-sighted Man and his High-minded Wife	105
	Story of a Holy Man who built a House	106
	Story of a Sheikh who became King	107
	Discourse concerning Riches	108

VII.	Concerning Education:
	Discourse concerning the Excellence of Taciturnity	110
	Story concerning the keeping of Secrets	111
	Story illustrating the Fact that Silence is Best for Fools	112
	Story illustrating the Folly of Impertinence	113
	Discourse on Slander	114
	Story concerning the same Subject	114
	Why Thieving is better than Slandering	115
	Sadi and his Envious Class-friend	115
	Story of Sadi's Childhood	115
	Story of a Sufi's Rebuke	117
	Concerning Absent Friends	117
	Where Slander is Lawful	118
	Tale-bearers worse than Back-biters	118
	Faridun and his Wise Vazier	119
	Discourse concerning Wives	120
	Discourse on the Training of Sons	121
	Sadi rebuked for his Fault-finding	122

VIII.	Concerning Gratitude:
	A Mother's Warning to her Son	125
	Discourse concerning the Art of the Most High God	126
	Discourse concerning the Condition of the Weak	127
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	Story of Tughral, King of Shiraz, and the Hindu Watchman	128
	Story of a Thief	129
	Story of One who was not what he seemed	130
	Story of a Sage Donkey	130
	Story illustrating the Evils of Pride	131
	Story of Sadi and the Idolaters	131

IX.	Concerning Repentance:
	An Old Man's Lament	136
	Advice and Warning	138
	Sadi's Rebuke from a Camel-driver	138
	Story concerning Sorrow for the Dead	140
	Story of a Pious Man and a Gold Brick	141
	Admonition	143
	Moral from an Incident in Sadi's Childhood	144
	Story of a Man who reared a Wolf	144
	Story of a Cheat	145
	A Recollection of Childhood	146
	Story of One who burned his Harvest	147
	Discourse on Repentance	147

X.	Concerning Prayer:
	A Worshipper's Lament	150
	Story of an Idolater	151
Notes		153

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