【Expression】Civilization Memory — How History Takes Shape

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Document ID: FM-ARCHIVE-0016 【PST】
Release Time: 2026-01-14 12:49

Official Archive Declaration

This document is a canonical Expression entry within the
FireMatch Official Public Archive System,
concerning how a civilization is understood, recalled, and remembered once time has passed.

This Archive Entry is used to define, freeze, and explain
the unified meaning of Civilization Memory (also referred to as History)
within the worldview and narrative framework of FireMatch Civilization.

This document holds civilization-level, long-term validity
and does not expire due to changes in Age progression, technological replacement,
city scale variation, or system implementation.

I. Definition of Civilization Memory

Civilization Memory
refers to everything a civilization has experienced over time,
as it is collectively narrated
within the civilization’s own framework of understanding.

It must be explicitly stated:

Within the FireMatch context,
Civilization Memory, at the civilizational level,
is regarded as that civilization’s history.

Here, “history” does not mean:

a complete reconstruction of events;
nor a step-by-step log of actions;

but rather:

the integrated understanding a civilization forms, over time,
about what it has lived through.

Therefore:

Civilization Memory is not an interpretation of history.
Civilization Memory itself is history.

II. Civilization Memory vs. Events Themselves

Events truly occurred.
Choices truly carried consequences.
Actions were genuinely executed.

Yet Civilization Memory
is not equivalent to
a simple accumulation of these facts.

Civilization Memory resides in:

how meaning is assigned to experiences;
how failure, retreat, and correction are explained;
the tone and narrative stance through which a civilization looks back on its own path.

Thus, even when civilizations undergo highly similar historical processes,
the historical memories they leave behind
may differ significantly.

Such differences
do not imply denial of facts,
but rather indicate that civilizations
understand and narrate
what has already occurred in different ways.

III. The Roles of Civilization Character and Civilization Behavior in Memory

Civilization Memory is not shaped by a single factor.

It is jointly formed by:

Civilization Character (Eight Dimensions)
which determines narrative stance, metaphor systems, and overall historical tone;
Civilization Behavior (Six Dimensions)
which determines how change, risk, failure, and choice are understood.

Civilization Memory is not a simple sum of these two,
but the result of their combined inscription
onto real experience over time.

IV. The Irreversibility of Civilization Memory

Once a segment of history
has been written into Civilization Memory,
its narrative stance cannot be rolled back.

This does not mean
a civilization cannot reflect or adjust future behavior,
but it does mean:

A civilization can no longer understand a path it has already taken
as though it had never happened.

Civilization Memory cannot be overwritten, reverted, or rewritten.
It only continues to extend
as new experiences accumulate.

V. The Purpose of Civilization Memory

Civilization Memory is not used to:

judge success or failure;
deliver win–loss verdicts;
impose a single value judgment.

Its sole purpose is this:

So that, when a civilization is looked back upon,
it is not misunderstood.

Civilization Memory is neither a certificate of achievement
nor a document of judgment.

It is simply
the way a civilization continues to be understood
after time has come to a stop.

VI. Scope and Limits

This Archive Entry is used to:

define the canonical meaning of Civilization Memory (History);
explain the narrative role of history within FireMatch Civilization;
serve as the final manifestation layer for Civilization Character and Civilization Behavior.

This document does not:

describe how historical records are generated;
present examples of historical texts;
explain system-level implementation logic.

Those topics belong to design and implementation domains
and are not part of public expression.

VII. Effective Status

This Archive Entry takes effect immediately upon publication.

All future expressions concerning civilizational history,
civilizational retrospection, and narrative understanding
must adhere to this document.

— FireMatch Studio
Official Public Archive Entry