Confucianism - 2025 ACF Regionals

Question

A reform movement in a branch of this school that promoted “practical learning” over rigid social structures was called Silhak. For 10 points each:

[10e] Name this school of thought whose Korean offshoot included the philosophers Toegye (“TWEG-yeh”) and Yulgok. The teachings of this school’s founder are collected in the Analects.

ANSWER: Confucianism [or Rújiā; or Ruism; accept Korean Confucianism or Neo-Confucianism]

[10h] The Four-Seven debate in Korean Confucianism concerned whether the Seven Emotions were as vital as these four entities. Mencius used this term for the human tendencies toward righteousness, justice, propriety, and wisdom.

ANSWER: sprouts [or seeds; or shoots; or siduan; prompt on principles or beginnings]

[10m] The crux of the Four-Seven debate concerned whether this “governing order” was interdependent with qi. In Confucianism, this Chinese word means the virtue of “ritual propriety” and is often grouped with ren and yi.

ANSWER: li

<TM, Philosophy>

Back to bonuses

Summary


California	2025-02-01	Y	3	16.67	100%	33%	33%
Great Lakes	2025-02-01	Y	6	15.00	100%	17%	33%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	2025-02-01	Y	6	15.00	100%	33%	17%
Midwest	2025-02-01	Y	6	15.00	100%	50%	0%
Overflow	2025-02-01	Y	5	14.00	100%	20%	20%
Pacific Northwest	2025-02-01	Y	2	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Southeast	2025-02-01	Y	3	13.33	100%	33%	0%
UK	2025-02-01	Y	10	12.00	100%	20%	0%
California	2025-02-01	N	2	15.00	100%	50%	0%
Great Lakes	2025-02-01	N	3	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	2025-02-01	N	3	23.33	100%	67%	67%
Midwest	2025-02-01	N	5	26.00	100%	80%	80%
North	2025-02-01	N	2	15.00	100%	50%	0%
Northeast	2025-02-01	N	2	15.00	100%	50%	0%
South Central	2025-02-01	N	1	30.00	100%	100%	100%
Southeast	2025-02-01	N	1	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	2025-02-01	N	5	20.00	100%	60%	40%
Upstate NY	2025-02-01	N	1	0.00	0%	0%	0%
2025 Chicago Open	2025-08-09	N	11	10.91	91%	18%	0%

Data


Michigan State	Carnegie Mellon B	10	0	0	10
Case Western B	Michigan D	10	0	0	10
Case Western A	Kenyon	10	0	0	10
Ohio State A	Michigan A	10	10	0	20
Michigan B	Carnegie Mellon A	10	10	10	30
Ohio State B	Michigan C	10	0	0	10
Claremont A	Claremont B	10	0	0	10
UC Berkeley A	UC Berkeley B	10	10	0	20
UCLA	UCSD	10	0	10	20
Virginia A	Liberty A	10	0	10	20
Liberty B	Liberty C	10	0	0	10
South Carolina	Duke	10	0	0	10
UNC D	UNC C	10	0	0	10
UNC B	Wake Forest	10	0	10	20
Virginia Tech A	William & Mary	10	10	0	20
Chicago D	Indiana A	10	0	0	10
WashU A	Illinois B	10	0	10	20
Illinois C	WashU B	10	0	10	20
Indiana B	Illinois A	10	0	0	10
Missoui S&T	Chicago C	10	0	0	10
Missouri	Chicago B	10	0	10	20
Georgetown A	Northwestern B	10	10	0	20
Georgetown B	Notre Dame C	10	0	0	10
Stanford B	Iowa	10	0	10	20
Notre Dame A	Northwestern A	10	0	0	10
Notre Dame B	Purdue	10	0	0	10
UBC	Alberta	10	0	0	10
UW A	UW B	10	0	0	10
Georgia Tech C	Bruin A	10	0	0	10
Georgia Tech A	Louisville A	10	0	10	20
Vanderbilt A	Alabama A	10	0	0	10
Cambridge C	Cambridge B	10	0	0	10
Cambridge D	Southampton B	10	0	0	10
Cambridge E	Oxford C	10	0	0	10
LSE	Imperial A	10	0	10	20
NYU C	Southampton A	10	0	0	10
Cambridge A	Oxford A	10	0	10	20
Oxford B	Imperial B	10	0	0	10
Sheffield	Manchester	10	0	0	10
Warwick A	Bristol	10	0	0	10
Warwick B	Durham	10	0	0	10