科学是赋能的工具，而不是控制的工具。

The novel is not the author's confession; it is an investigation of human life in the trap the world has become.

The past is the past, and that’s where it belongs.

Problem-solving often requires restructuring one's mental representation of the situation.

读书人要为子孙营造福祉而不是祈求福祉。严谨家规，崇尚俭朴，教导耕田读书，累积陰德，这就是营造福祉。广积土地房屋，拉拢关系争取利益，买卖功名，这就是求福祉。营造福祉的，平淡而长久；祈求福祉的，浓郁却短暂。

Persist in doing what you love, one day you will be seen.