A COMPILATION OF TRIADS

THE RESPECTABLE CITIZEN:

 

  1. There are three things which will make a person leader among their neighbors:
    1. wisdom
    2. generosity
    3. wealth
  2. Three things which bring a person the love of their neighbors:
    1. to be a peacemaker
    2. to be a helper
    3. to be a guide
  3. Three things which bring a person respect among their neighbors:
    1. supporting themselves
    2. being wise in their counsel
    3. being kind
  4. Three exertions becoming and praiseworthy for any person:
    1. tilling their soil 32
    2. increasing their knowledge
    3. growing in excellence
  5. Three who will be pleasing to the Mighty Ones:
    1. a faithful teacher
    2. a good husbandmen
    3. a mediator in disputes
  6. Three goodly things among people:
    1. handicraft
    2. husbandry
    3. scholarship
  7. Three things which follow every lawful person of exceeding excellence:
    1. a good name and report for themselves
    2. good instruction for the children where they are
    3. good progress in everything they undertake in act and deed.
  8. Three for whom when they are alive only hatred is seen, and praise when they are dead:
    1. the peaceful wise person
    2. the truthful teacher
    3. the sincere friend who rebukes
  9. Three chief obligations of a person to their country and family:
    1. to gain possessions by diligence and integrity
    2. to profit their country and their kindred in all they do
    3. to seek lawful learning wherever they go
  10. Three things which the good poet preserves for posterity:
    1. memory of the praiseworthy
    2. delight in thought
    3. instruction in knowledge

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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