"The best in the world" is an idiom, which comes from "Tang Yan Juan San" written by the kings of the Five Dynasties. The original meaning of this idiom means that in the imperial examination era, candidates were admitted to the imperial examination, ranking above the admission list of palace examination, and then generally referring to being admitted to take the examination. Generally used as predicate, object and clause in sentences. "To be the first" should not be written as "nomination for the gold medal".
Regarding the origin of "being the first", there is a legend in the Song Dynasty's Taiping Guangji: A man named Cui Shao had a dream when he was sick, dreaming that he drifted to the underworld and saw three lists of gold, silver and iron. The gold list ranks in the same group; Followed by the silver list; State and county officials are all on the iron list. So later, people thought that the gold list represented fame and fortune and was a symbol of being an official.
"Golden List" is a ranking list that reveals palace examination's achievements in ancient imperial examinations. The real source of "to be the first" is the ancient imperial examination in China, which embodies the desire of parents and candidates for the ideal results of the examination, implies the successful admission of the examination, and encourages people to strive to be winners in the competition.
Wang Yuan Mian's "Send Wang Kemin An Feng Lu": Dan Yong's countermeasures are 3,000 words, five colors of spring are the first, the holy family welcomes new scholars, and the people deserve good officials. Ming Hongkun's "Qing Ping Shan" and Chen Ben's "Cha Meiling's Lost Wife": In the tenth month, it is the top three to be the top scholar.