Bibliographic Catalogue
Updated 2026-08-10
INTRODUCTION
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CORE DEFINITION
The catalogue compiled by Liu Xiang during the Han dynasty, which introduced the practice of writing an analytical note for each work, covering its author, contents, textual editions, and transmission. This became the foundation of Chinese bibliography, later extended in the Seven Strategies. As a knowledge practice it means that an index without annotation loses the context that makes entries navigable. The key qualification is accuracy: a misleading note is worse than none, because it misdirects every later reader who trusts it.
SCAFFOLDING EFFECT
Reduce cognitive load
- Annotation habit: attach author, scope, and provenance to every entry in your knowledge base. - Navigation design: organize entries so a newcomer can see the whole landscape quickly. - Version tracking: record which edition or source each entry came from to keep claims traceable.
Anchor fast decisions
A bare list of titles forces every reader to open each item to learn what it contains, which makes a large collection effectively unusable. An analytical note front-loads that cost once and makes it reusable, so readers can decide what to read without opening it. Annotated indexes therefore scale with collection size, while unannotated ones degrade as they grow.
MINIMUM ACTION
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