The best sentences excerpted from each chapter of "The Scholars" are as follows:

1. In a moment, thick clouds covered the sky, and a heavy rain passed. The black clouds were edged with white clouds, which gradually dispersed, revealing a ray of sunlight that made the whole lake turn red. The mountains beside the lake are green and purple. The branches look like they have been washed with water, and they are especially lovely green. There are about a dozen lotus flowers in the lake, with clear water dripping from the buds and water drops rolling around on the lotus leaves.

2. I saw a tampering man from far away, picking up a load of food boxes; holding a bottle of wine in his hand, and a felt strip hanging on the food box, he came to the willow tree. The felt strips were laid out and the food box was opened. Three people walked over there, wearing square scarves, one wearing a sapphire blue gauze jacket, and two wearing Yuanse jackets. They were both in their forties or fifties, and they came slowly, holding white paper fans.

3. When the villagers heard the sound of the gong, they helped the old and the young one by one, and crowded around to watch. The sedan arrived at the front of Wang Mian's gate, and saw only seven or eight thatched huts, with a white door tightly closed.

4. Wealth and fame in life are external things; but when people see fame and fortune, they risk their lives to seek it. Once you get it, it tastes like wax. From ancient times to the present, which one can be seen through?

5. The rare thing in life is a bowl of ready-made rice.

6. Those who talk about knowledge only talk about knowledge, without asking about fame; those who talk about fame only talk about fame, without asking about knowledge. If you have to talk about both, you won't be able to do either at the end. ?

7. Fame and wealth have no credentials. No matter how hard I try, I always miss the moment.

8. It is good to study well, to farm well, and to learn well. It is difficult to start a business, and it is difficult to keep a business, but it is not difficult to know the difficulty.