'Obeyd-e Zakani, Definition (Known As The Ten Chapter) Chapter Five, translated by Hasan Javadi

 

Fifth Chapter: On the Gentry and their Manners.

 

Boasting and Insolence: The stock-in-trade of the gentry.

Nothing: Their existence.

Hollow: Their courtesies.

Vanity and Folly: Their talk.

Disapproval, Greed, Malice and Envy: Their characteristics.

The Fool: He who expects any good from them.

The Wretched and Unfortunate: Their attendants.

What is Lost: Their generosity.

Non-existent: Their good behavior.

The Anqa of the West: Justice and humanity.

Roguery, Violence, Hypocrisy, Dissimulation and Falsehood: The ways of the great men.

Lust: Their main ailment.