The analysis of pedagogic and educational figures of encouragement and punishment in Sa adi's works

Considering the importance of ethics and training agents has been the case of attention of scholars for a long time. At the beginning, our poets have carefully considered this issue, too. From Rudaki as the father of Persian poetry to Kasaee and Nasir Khosrow, Sanaee, Nezami and others. Meanwhile Sa’adi has paid special attention to this issue. Sa’adi’s two important works namely Golestan and Busetan, show this reality well to the extent that these two are named the ethical letters. Given that the two principles of rewarding and punishing are the foundation and the bedrock of every kind of pedagogy, therefore, in this article, these two, their functions, features and characteristics have been examined in the works of Saadi.