《二如亭群芳譜》在當代學界，雖以古代農學或生物學的文獻價值受到矚目，但就傳統目錄學的角度，則屬「譜錄」。「譜錄類」之成立，不僅為「收諸雜書之無可繫屬者」，還積極促成目錄結構、學術分類的省思及調整。在四庫館臣眼中，此類書籍的價值，當在廣羅、審訂所謂「博物」之學；而對譜錄中有關典故藝文之內容，則多所抨彈。然而，就古典知識之實際編纂，「博物」究與「麗藻散語」不相衝突。「麗藻散語」不僅是「博物」展示的一扇櫥窗，其以「文類」為子目，和「典故」相互連結，亦為「群芳」提供各式儲存文化記憶的空間。並且從《群芳譜》之〈義例〉得以明瞭，文化記憶並非僅被視為靜態的歷史資產，而是對進行中的生活「日用」滋育源泉活水的意義。王象晉所稱「日用」包含事相經驗與道德心性雙重面向，且這雙重面向，不但以「典故」和「麗藻散語」作為綰合文化記憶的媒介，甚至整部《群芳譜》，都充滿文學的比興寄託之意。

In contemporary academia, Wang Xiang-Jin’s Er-Ru Pavilion Introduction to Plants, or simply the Introduction to Plants, has caught attention as a book with documentary value in ancient agronomy or biology. In traditional bibliography, it belongs to the category “special treatise,” which was set up for miscellaneous books that could not be classified into any other categories. This category also contributes to reflection and adjustment to bibliographic structures and academic classifications. The officials of the Si-Ku Hall deemed such books valuable for its collection and verification of natural history but also severely criticized the ornate language of the literary origins and stories in them. However, the content does not conflict with the language style. The language style serves as a showcase of natural history, interlinks origins and stories, and provides space for cultural memories. The “Meaning Reference” in the Introduction to Plants demonstrates that cultural memories should be regarded more than a static historical asset because they also nourish our daily life. The ri-yong ‘daily usage’ that Wang mentioned includes the two aspects of phenomenal experience and moral mentality. The literary origins and ornate language are used as the media that string the cultural memories together, and the whole Introduction to Plants is full of explicit and implied comparisons.