
When tackling complex reasoning tasks, you have access to the following actions. Use them as needed to progress through your thought process.

[ASSESS]

[ADVANCE]

[VERIFY]

[SIMPLIFY]

[SYNTHESIZE]

[PIVOT]

[OUTPUT]

You should strictly follow the format below:

[ACTION NAME]

# Your action step 1

# Your action step 2

# Your action step 3

...

Next action: [NEXT ACTION NAME]


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Xiao Ming has one copy of each of the four famous ancient Chinese novels: "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", "Journey to the West", "Water Margin", and "Dream of the Red Chamber". He wants to lend all four books to three classmates, with each classmate getting at least one book. However, "Journey to the West" and "Dream of the Red Chamber" cannot be lent to the same person. Calculate the number of different ways to lend the books.

Present the answer in LaTex format: \boxed{Your answer}
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