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Bostan (pronounced "Bustan") is a book of poetry by the Persian poet Saadi

Saadi (poet)

Abu Mu?li? bin Abdallah Shirazi , better known by his pen-name as Sa'adi , was one of the major Persian poetry of the medieval period. He is recognized not only for the quality of his writing, but also for the depth of his social thoughts....
, completed in 1257.

It was Saadi's first work, and its title means "the fruit orchard". The book contains the fruits of Saadi's long experience and his judgements upon life, and is illustrated by a vast collection of anecdotes. It includes accounts of Saadi's travels and his analysis of human psychology

Psychology

Psychology is an academic and applied science discipline involving the science study of human mental functions and behavior. Occasionally it also relies on symbolic hermeneutics and critical theory, although these traditions are less pronounced than in other social sciences such as sociology....
. He often mentions his accounts with fervour and advice similar to Aesop's fables

Aesop's Fables

Aesop's Fables or Aesopica refers to a collection of fables credited to Aesop , a Slavery and story-teller who lived in Ancient Greece. Aesop's Fables have become a blanket term for collections of brief fables, especially beast fables involving Anthropomorphism animals....
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It is composed in mathnawi style (rhyming couplet

Couplet

A couplet is a pair of Hairs of bags . It usually consists of two lines that rhyme and have the same meter. Some cultures have decorative traditions associated with them....
s), and has been translated into English

English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
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Bostan (pronounced "Bustan") is a book of poetry by the Persian poet Saadi

Saadi (poet)

Abu Mu?li? bin Abdallah Shirazi , better known by his pen-name as Sa'adi , was one of the major Persian poetry of the medieval period. He is recognized not only for the quality of his writing, but also for the depth of his social thoughts....
, completed in 1257.

It was Saadi's first work, and its title means "the fruit orchard". The book contains the fruits of Saadi's long experience and his judgements upon life, and is illustrated by a vast collection of anecdotes. It includes accounts of Saadi's travels and his analysis of human psychology

Psychology

Psychology is an academic and applied science discipline involving the science study of human mental functions and behavior. Occasionally it also relies on symbolic hermeneutics and critical theory, although these traditions are less pronounced than in other social sciences such as sociology....
. He often mentions his accounts with fervour and advice similar to Aesop's fables

Aesop's Fables

Aesop's Fables or Aesopica refers to a collection of fables credited to Aesop , a Slavery and story-teller who lived in Ancient Greece. Aesop's Fables have become a blanket term for collections of brief fables, especially beast fables involving Anthropomorphism animals....
.

It is composed in mathnawi style (rhyming couplet

Couplet

A couplet is a pair of Hairs of bags . It usually consists of two lines that rhyme and have the same meter. Some cultures have decorative traditions associated with them....
s), and has been translated into English

English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
.

See also

Persian literature
Persian literature

Persian literature spans two and a half millennia, though much of the pre-Islamic material has been lost. Its sources has been within historical greater Iran including present-day Iran as well as reigions of Central Asia where the Persian language has been the national language through history....