Sa'di (Moshlefoddin Mosaleh, 128 ~ 1291), whose full name is Sheikh Mosleh al-Din Abdallah Sadi Shiraz, was a Persian (now Iranian) poet in the Middle Ages.
Achievement and Honor
Orchard and Rose Garden are similar in content, and they are basically summaries and reflections of their wandering life, full of humanitarian spirit. The former is a collection of narrative poems, with 8 chapters and 2 stories; However, the latter is obviously dominant in style. It is a masterpiece, with poems and essays alternating with each other, and * * * is divided into 8 chapters and 227 sections. Although the work is full of instructions, it is fascinating and interesting to read.
in addition to the above two masterpieces, Sadie also wrote a large number of poems in different forms, such as ode, elegy, lyric, short poem and Rubaiya poem, among which lyric poetry has the highest achievement.
With his beautiful and elegant lyric poems, he created a new situation of Persian classical poetry and improved the status of lyric poetry, thus becoming the forerunner of Hafez, the master of lyric poetry. His prose works, such as Five Essays, Emperor's Advice, On Reason and Love, are also masterpieces handed down from generation to generation. Therefore, he is also known as one of the four pillars of Persian classical literature. He died in his hometown in December 1291/94.
creative features
Sadie's most famous works are Orchard and Rose Garden. Orchard is his first work after he returned to his hometown from roaming. It was written in 1257 and first appeared as Sadie Collection. The content involved is very extensive, ranging from the principles and strategies of governing the country and keeping the country safe, the norms of moral cultivation, to the etiquette and daily life experience of treating people, and also involves astronomy, ghosts and gods, philosophy, history, ethics, medicine, art of war and other issues. Most of the 16 stories in the book describe the lives of emperors, sages, Christians and travelers, including stories of historical figures and personal experiences and stories of poets roaming in life. In the evaluation of these events, the poet showed his ideals, wishes and feelings of love and hate, and was full of praise for kindness, purity, sincerity, justice, light and truth, which can be called Sadie's ideal country.
The Rose Garden is written with blank prose, verse and short poems, and the theme is similar to Orchard. Including remembering the words and deeds of emperors, monks, contentment, reticence, youth and love, ignorance of old age, the efficacy of education and the way of communication, 8 volumes. The whole book is inspired and educated by the beautiful narration and the teaching instructions that use things to explain things.
Orchard and Rose Garden quoted a large number of folk proverbs, aphorisms and aphorisms, and many famous sayings are still handed down from mouth to mouth. The prose in the book has a natural ending rhyme and a neat antithesis. The poems in the book are simple in words and concise in sentences. The plain, fresh, natural, simple and fluent language in his works has always been a model of Persian literature for hundreds of years.
Sadie also wrote many short poems, ode poems, Rubaiya poems and lyric poems.
influence
Sadie's works not only enjoy a high reputation in the world, but also have a place in the world literary world and become the spiritual wealth of mankind. Orchard has long been translated into English, French, German, Russian, Latin, Turkish and other languages. Rose Garden has also been translated into dozens of foreign languages.
He is praised for his writing style and his thinking on social and moral spirit.
His famous saying "All sons and daughters of Adam are brothers" has been regarded by the United Nations as a motto to explain its purpose.
Saadi's works were introduced to China very early. "Rose Garden" has long been a textbook for Confucian education in China. In 1958, the Chinese translation of Rose Garden was published. In 1989, the Chinese translation of Orchard was published.
In 29, then-US President Barack Obama also quoted the original text of Sadie's famous poem. In his recording of the New Year to the Iranian people (Eid-e Nowruz, Blessing Festival) said in the congratulatory message: "There are those who are in that we are defined by our differences. But let us remember that we were written by the poet Saadi, so many years ago: 'The children of Adam are limbs to each other, having been created of one essence.'" 。 Some people will insist that our characteristics are our differences, but please remember the words written by the poet Sadi long ago:' Adam's sons and daughters are all brothers, brothers are like brothers, and creation is one at the beginning'.