A COMPILATION OF TRIADS

MANIFOLD BLESSINGS AND BENEFICENCE:

 

 

  1. Three blessings that do not bring on any either hunger or nakedness:
    1. the blessing of their spiritual counsellor
    2. the blessing of their rightful lord
    3. the blessing of a poet of hereditary art
  2. Three other blessings better than all:
    1. the blessing of father and mother
    2. the blessing of the sick and wounded
    3. the blessing of one in adversity
  3. Three to whom it is right to give food:
    1. the stranger
    2. the solitary
    3. the orphan
  4. Three things which cannot be obtained:
    1. poverty from alms-giving
    2. wealth from robbery
    3. wisdom from prosperity
  5. Three occasions for one to speak falsehood without excuse:
    1. to save the life of one who is innocent
    2. to keep the peace among neighbors
    3. and to preserve the Wise 38 and their crafts
  6. Three things one is loath to leave:
    1. the land where they were born and nurtured
    2. the friends whom they have proved true
    3. the wealth which they have amassed through the labors of their own hands
  7. Three people who win easily in their lawsuits:
    1. the generous
    2. the wise
    3. the healthy
  8. Three things by which we may know our neighbor:
    1. that he is poor
    2. that he is a stranger
    3. that he is in the image of human kind
  9. Three gifts of charity :
    1. food
    2. sanctuary
    3. instruction

Contents
1. Preface 22. Respecting The Bad Home
2. An Omnium Gatherum 23. Pertaining To The Fili'
3. Respecting Excellence 24. Pertaining To Contracts And Agreements
4. Respecting The Conscientious Person 26. Good Health And Bad
5. Respecting The Rewards Of Excellence 27. Advisements Of Prudence
6. Origins Of Wrong Doing 28. Respecting The Order Of Nature
7. Respecting Those Gone Amiss 29. Respecting The Nature Of Humankind
8. The Profits Of Those Who Have Gone Amiss 30. Respecting Action
9. Respecting Wealth And Poverty 31. Respecting Knowledge
10. Miscellaneous Wisdom 32. Respecting Wisdom
11. The Order Of Society 33. Respecting Those Who Are Wise
12. The Underpinnings Of Society 34. Respecting The Fool And Their Inanity
13. The Banes Of Society 35. Respecting Wisdom Applied
14. Respecting Land And Husbandry 36. Respecting Ambitions And The Roads To Success
15. The Respectable Citizen 37. Respecting Friendship
16. The Nocuous Citizen 38. Respecting Happiness
17. Respecting Legacies 39. Respecting Philosophy
18. Monitorial Advisements 40. Respecting Warriors
19. Manifold Blessings And Beneficence 41. Respecting The True Human
20. Respecting Etiquette 42. Respecting Spirituality
21. Respecting The Good Home  
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