Cognitive Scaffold

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MENTAL MODEL · M10843

Encyclopedic Reference

Encyclopedic Reference
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Version 1.0.0 · Updated 2026-07-30

CORE DEFINITION

A Qing dynasty classified book that systematically arranges allusions, examples, and quotations from past dynasties by category, for retrieval and use in writing and thinking.

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External memory bank. One need not remember everything, but should establish efficient retrieval paths so that knowledge can be accessed at any time when needed.

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A large-scale official classified book of the Qing dynasty (compiled by Chen Menglei and others by imperial order), collecting ancient and modern astronomy, geography, rites and music, institutions, objects, allusions, and rhetoric, organized by categories for easy reference and literary extraction, belonging to the traditional Chinese leishu genre.

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    zh.wikipedia.orghttps://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%BE%A1%E5%AE%9A%E6%B7%B5%E9%91%91%E9%A1%9E%E5%87%BDZH · Explicit
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