This concept draws out the moral of Jami's tale of Khosrow Parviz and the fisherman. When a silver-scaled fish is presented at court, Parviz is so delighted that he orders thousands of dirhams counted out to the fisherman. Shirin objects that lavishing such a sum on a mere fish-seller is unseemly before those who truly understand munificence, and she urges the king to reclaim the excessive gift. The clever turn of the episode makes it a lesson on kingly generosity: a sovereign's bounty, once granted, should not be retracted, for withdrawing a gift shames the giver more than the cost of honoring it. The story weighs prudent measure in giving against the honor of unwavering royal magnanimity, and shows how Shirin's bitter-sweet counsel paradoxically leads the coin-showering to be doubled rather than revoked.