While giving a brief introduction to Sadie's life, it is necessary to understand the historical background of the time. At that time, Europe was in the Middle Ages, and the gradual rise of the Mongol Empire in the East posed a great threat to the Southern Song Dynasty, Persia and other Asian countries. Sadie, on the other hand, is living in such an era.
Portrait of Sadie
Saadi, whose full name was Sheikh Muslikhddin Abdullah Sady Shiraz, was born in 1208 in Fars Shiraz, Persia, and his father was a low-ranking missionary among Muslims, so as a child Sadi did not live a very prosperous life, and he studied at a local school. It wasn't until he was 14 years old that his father died of illness and Sadie moved to Baghdad to study at Nezamiye, baghdad's most famous school at the time. During his studies, Sadie mainly studied literature and Islamic theology, and tried to write some poems. However, Sadie was more promiscuous by nature and was not used to the red tape of the school, so he left Baghdad after dropping out of school, intending to return to his hometown.
At this time, the Mongol Empire was in the ascendant and began to attack the Persian kingdom. However, within the Persian kingdom, there was still a constant scuffle between local separatist forces, so Sadie did not return to his hometown, and he began to preach as a wanderer. His footprints have covered Syria, Egypt, Morocco, Ethiopia, India and other places, and even reached the Kashgar area of Xinjiang in China. Due to the wars along the way, his sermons did not bring him much benefit, so his life was still very difficult, and he even worked as a coolie.
Sadie's journey has passed for more than thirty years, and when he returns to his hometown, he is already a white-haired old man. His hometown of Shiraz was purchased by the local rulers for a large sum of money, so the Mongol war did not spread there. Sadie lived in seclusion there and devoted himself to writing until 1291, when he died in his hometown at the age of 83.
The influence of Sadie's work
The influence of Saadi's works on Islamic countries, including Europe, Asia and Africa, is enormous, and his unique word processing techniques and exquisite sentences have made people all over the world understand the culture and essence of Islamic countries.
Portrait of Sadie on a stamp
Sadie's surviving works are very rich, with more than 600 poems, of which "The Orchard" and "The Rose Garden" are the most famous. Both collections of poems have been translated into dozens of languages and published in their respective countries. As early as 1943, these two collections of poems had entered the Chinese mainland and were translated into Chinese as the earliest islamic literature to read. His works are accepted by readers around the world, while also promoting the islamic religious spirit of the author himself. These two works have long been the teaching materials for Muslim scripture education in China, and are the first reading materials in China to come into contact with Islamic culture.
The term "scripture" enjoys a very high status in China. For example, the Four Books and Five Classics are known as the classics of Confucianism, and the Orchard and the Garden of Roses, to a certain extent, are also called Islamic religious classics by China, which shows the high status of Sadi in Islamic literature.
The influence of Saadi's work enjoys a high reputation not only in local countries, but also within the United Nations. His fresh and natural writing, concise and vivid language, and profound reflections on morality, humanity and society have been recognized by UNESCO. His famous phrase "All Adam's children are brothers" has now become the motto of the United Nations.
In 2009, U.S. President Barack Obama quoted Sadie's famous quote in a speech when he took office. He said that some people think that we are characterized by being different from others, but a long time ago, the Persian poet Sadie said that Adam's descendants are brothers, brothers are like brothers and sisters, and the original nature of creation is one.