The memory palace is a memory method and a book.
This book is also called "Matteo Ricci's Palace of Memory" and tells about a rational memory method that has existed for a long time.
There are different opinions about the origin of this memory method. In fact, one theory is that it comes from ancient Rome, which is a secret kept by a few great scholars. It is precisely because of mastering this method that great scholars can obtain wisdom far beyond ordinary people.
The other is said to come from ancient Greece, and is said to have originated from the Greek poet Simonites. One day, Simonites left the grand banquet hall for some reason after reciting a hymn. The banquet hall suddenly collapsed and all the guests in the hall died. The bodies were blurred and indistinguishable. Simonites, who survived, calmly analyzed the guests' positions in the hall afterwards and identified the bodies one by one. His ability shocked many people, and finally he was forced to reveal the secret of memory under pressure.
Another theory is that it originated in the European Middle Ages and was a secret technique that existed among some mysterious groups. Because printing was not popular at that time, many books needed to be memorized by the human brain, so this secret technique came into being. Therefore, those who mastered this secret technique were regarded as evil wizards, and many were tied to the stake and burned to death.
The person who promoted this memory method was Matteo Ricci after the Middle Ages.
Matteo Ricci was an Italian born on October 6, 1552. His original name was Matteo Ricci. He joined the Jesuits in 1571 and began to devote himself to missionary work in 1577.
He first went to India and then to China. After many years of missionary life, he died of illness in Beijing on January 11, 1610 at the age of 58.
It is said that he mastered Italian, Latin, Greek, Portuguese, Spanish, Chinese and other languages throughout his life. He made great achievements and wrote books in theology, philosophy, mathematics and astronomy.
And he can do this because he has a special way of remembering. This allowed him to not only learn Chinese quickly, but also to memorize Chinese classics such as the Four Books and Five Classics. He was also able to quickly memorize articles and even recite articles horizontally, vertically, and upside down.
Later, he wrote a book called "The Memory of the West" to record his memory method.
Slowly, this memory method spread and continued to develop, developing to an astonishing degree in some unknown fields.
For example, in the World Brain Power Championship, some players can memorize a deck of cards that have been completely shuffled in more than ten seconds, memorize hundreds of numbers in a few minutes, and memorize thousands of numbers in an hour.
To be able to achieve this level, the method of memory will naturally not be pure memory, let alone rote memorization. Its core is logic and association. Use some concrete things that are relatively easy to remember, such as images and sounds, to remember abstract things that are relatively difficult to remember, such as numbers.
For example, remember a string of 11-digit mobile phone numbers in a few seconds: 13754718495.
Normal memory has difficulty, but the numbers can be decomposed into 137547, 18495, and then further into the homophonic words "Monster Mountain Flag, Warrior Flag", "One Overlord is Nine-Five", and finally into a sentence - Monster Mountain Flag, Warrior Flag Floating, The only overlord is the Nine-Five Lord.
In this way, the numbers become relatively logical words, and have a certain picture, which is easy to remember. After certain optimization, it can even be remembered permanently. Even if you suddenly forget it, as long as you recall the picture, you can recall the number and you will never go wrong.
The most orthodox memory palace method, based on this method, generally requires the establishment of a personal memory place, that is, a palace.
The palace can exist in reality, such as a familiar bedroom, or it can be virtual, but it must be something that the memorizer can firmly remember.
In this way, the memorizer can place some markers in the palace to remember some drawn things.
For example, put a piece of bread at the entrance of the memory palace, put a book in the center of the floor of the memory palace, and put a naked and charming beauty on the iron shelf in the corner of the memory palace.
In this way, every time he thinks of this room, the memoryr can remember three things to do today - buy food, buy books, and buy... well, wash underwear.
Of course, this is only the most basic demonstration of the memory palace method. As long as you are willing to study, the memory palace can develop from a small room to an extremely large level step by step, so that you can temporarily or permanently remember anything you want to remember.
There may even be changes that others cannot imagine. After all, the memory palace is entirely created by an individual through imagination, and everything is possible.
But then again, the Memory Palace is a skill that everyone can learn. It looks cool, but it is actually useless.
The main reason is that in the real world, most people are just ordinary people after all.
Therefore, when using a car, you do not need to know how the various structures of the car work. If the car breaks down, just go to the repair shop.
When buying something, you don't need to know how the raw materials are obtained, and you don't need to actually make it yourself. You just need to spend money to buy it.
When you are sick, you don't need to know what is happening to your body, you don't need to perform risky operations, and you don't need to perform surgery on yourself. You can just go to the hospital directly.
When you are angry and ready to retaliate, you don't need to know what to do, just endure it.
Otherwise, when you are preparing to make nuclear weapons, you will be invited to drink tea as long as you try to obtain some raw materials; when you are preparing to make poison, you will be invited to drink tea as long as you try to obtain some raw materials; when you are preparing to make a thermal weapon, as long as you try to obtain Some raw materials will be invited to drink tea.
After drinking enough tea, you can also prepare to retaliate with some simpler cold weapons.
But the final result is often that if you win, you go to the execution ground to eat bullets and peanuts, and if you lose, you go to the underworld to drink spicy Mengpo soup.
Therefore, the skill of memory palace is like some specious principles that sound good but are actually of no use.
It's really of no use.
But having said that, some useless things will always be controlled by some people.
For example, Richard is a reality master of the Memory Palace.
Moreover, he is also very proficient in the memory palace. The level of proficiency far exceeds the imagination of ordinary people.
As shown before, other people's palaces are just a room, a garret, a building or a town, but his palace is... a universe.
universe.
That's why he can be like an encyclopedia, remembering a lot of knowledge that others can't imagine, and showing various incredible abilities.
All because he has a universe in his mind.