Seeing everyone eagerly waiting for the details, Roland dispensed with the suspense and began explaining.
The "Chinese Library Classification" he spoke of was a comprehensive classification scheme widely used by libraries and information agencies in China, primarily for classifying books in large libraries.
As for the Fourfold Classification System of "classics, history, masters, and collections," that was a product of traditional culture.
China drew on Western library classification methods to classify books according to modern academic disciplines. However, since many ancient texts were difficult to fit into the Chinese Library Classification system, the four-part scheme remained in use for ancient works. (Note: this paragraph quotes Baidu Baike.)
Although the Lainer Kingdom was a low-magic world, its ancestors had once enjoyed prosperous times.
At the very least, the Black Dragon Dynasty, Tiniara, and several other periods documented in reliable histories had produced many Higher Tier mages and Higher Tier warriors.
It was only in more recent times that they had fallen behind the rest of the universe.
In a sense, their historical development shared certain similarities with China's, so Roland had brought this system over to try adapting it to local conditions.
Applying it mechanically would never do, but drawing on its framework and following its structured approach could still prove effective.
Roland told everyone, "The Hall of Wisdom has countless doors, and its vast sea of texts is so immense that ordinary people struggle to find a way inside.
"If we want to travel swiftly and accurately through the past and present to find what we need, we must have an effective system of classification and retrieval.
"That topic alone could develop into a specialized discipline.
"I intend to establish the following framework for the Lainer Encyclopedia.
"Classics: spells, encompassing arcana, divine magic, and other supernatural systems;
"History: histories and