本书收集了从没有记载的时代起就在波斯人中流传的近五百个经典小故事，其主体部分取自中世纪。这些故事多数产生干民间生活之中，其中不乏令人开怀的笑料，辛辣的讽刺和轻松的幽默。而有的故事虽寥寥数语，却蕴含着那个时代人们的智慧，以及他们对事物精美而聪明的审视，以及如我们人类所有民族永远追求的、永不消失的乐观的生活态度。This book collects around five hundred classical short stories spread among the Persians since the period when recording hadn't begun yet, of which the main stories are from the Middle Ages. Most of these stories come from the folk's life. They are funny, sarcastic and humorous. As for some of the stories, though they are short, they contain the wisdom, as well as clever reflection of things, of people living in that era, implying the common pursuit and optimistic attitude towards life of human beings of different nationalities.