Question
This scholar theorized that a person’s environment, family, and qi endowment all come together to form their personality, which can be cultivated by a mixture of contemplation and practice. For 10 points each,
[10h] Name this Confucian scholar who collected and commented on the Daxue, or Great Learning.
ANSWER: Zhū Xī
[10m] Though he ultimately sided with Mencius, Zhū Xī’s theory of qi endowments tracks a middle ground between Xúnzi and Mencius’s earlier positions on the respective evil and good of this concept.
ANSWER: human nature [or xìng, accept descriptions indicating people’s nature or the nature of humanity, reject “nature” alone]
[10e] Xúnzi and Mencius’s argument for their respective conceptions of virtue first appears in this text, which collects the sayings and actions of Confucius.
ANSWER: Analects [or Lúnyǔ]
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Summary
| 2023 ARCADIA at Duke | Emory, Duke, Yale | Y | 3 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2023 ARCADIA at Emory | Emory, Duke, Yale | Y | 4 | 12.50 | 100% | 25% | 0% |
| 2023 ARCADIA at Maryland | Maryland, Online | Y | 2 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2023 ARCADIA at Ohio State | Ohio State, Texas | Y | 3 | 23.33 | 100% | 100% | 33% |
| 2023 ARCADIA Online | Maryland, Online | Y | 2 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2023 ARCADIA at Texas | Ohio State, Texas | Y | 3 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2023 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley | Premiere | N | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2023 ARCADIA at Carleton University | Premiere | N | 3 | 6.67 | 67% | 0% | 0% |
| 2023 ARCADIA at Imperial | Imperial | N | 5 | 14.00 | 100% | 40% | 0% |
| 2023 ARCADIA at RIT | Premiere | N | 1 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2023 ARCADIA at WUSTL | Premiere | N | 3 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
Data
| Duke | James Madison A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| North Carolina A | NC State | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| South Carolina A | North Carolina B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Emory A | Georgia A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Georgia B | Tennessee A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Georgia Tech A | Georgia Tech C | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Georgia Tech B | Georgia Tech D | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| George Washington A | George Washington B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Johns Hopkins | Maryland A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Kenyon B | Kenyon A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Michigan B | Ohio State A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Michigan A | OSU B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Zen and the Art of Buzzing | Arizona State | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| MSU A and Friend | Farrellmagnetism | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Texas C | HCC | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| tag magnet: taylor's version | Texas A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| TAMU | Texas B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |