In Section 14 of Jami's Haft Awrang, a wise man (حکیم) is portrayed as physically ill-formed and unattractive — misshapen, lame, and weak in body — yet rich in wisdom. A meddler (فضولی) mocks him, claiming that so unpleasing a form cannot house real wisdom, reasoning that clear water never rises from murky clay and that one should shun fruit lacking fine color and scent, since the outward is the title-page of the inward. The wise man laughs and rebuts him, teaching that outward form (صورت) is no reliable sign of inner character (سیرت). Jami inverts the common assumption that beauty of appearance mirrors beauty of soul, and the poem's framing contrast pits this wise-but-unadorned figure against the handsome-but-base man of the title, warning learners against appraising worth by surface.