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MENTAL MODEL · M8876

Taiping Guangji

Taiping Guangji
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Version 1.0.0 · Updated 2026-07-30

CORE DEFINITION

A leishu (classified encyclopedia) compiled in the Song dynasty, collecting unofficial histories, notes, and fictional tales from the Han to the early Song, organized by topic, in 500 volumes.

SCAFFOLDING EFFECT

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Reduce cognitive load

A repository of story materials, providing rich historical narrative resources for analogy, metaphor, and case-based teaching.

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A large leishu compiled by Li Fang and others under the order of Emperor Taizong of Song, collecting novels, notes, unofficial histories, and tales of the supernatural from the Han to the early Song, in 500 volumes, categorized by type. The mechanism is to preserve lost books and folk narratives by classifying documents.

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