Big literature and small literature

Ibn al -Muqafaa admits that he took his book from the sayings of the applicants, and he presented him with a precursor: "In the virtue of the ancients over the knowledge and the conditions of his lesson and the purpose of this book." And he divided it into two topics: the first in the Sultan and its accompaniment and what is beautiful in each of them, and in this topic the two chapters of the first and the second in the company of the Sultan. As for the second topic, it was singled out for friends, good choice of friend, good treatment, and everything related to friends. Little Literature: Ibn al -Muqafa was also a carrier. He said: "I have put in this book the words of the people who are preserved as letters," but he acted in what he conveyed. This book is a metaphor for social ethical lessons that wish to know and call for one to discipline himself, recommend a friend, and speak to the policy of kings and governors.