The Scholars - 2025 ACF Regionals

Question

At 600 pages in Gladys Yang’s translation, this novel is the shortest of the six novels canonized for Western audiences by H. T. Hsia (“shah”). For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this novel by Wu Jingzi that mocks single-minded takers of the Civil Service Exam.

ANSWER: The Scholars [or Rúlín Wàishǐ; accept Unofficial History of the Forest of Scholars]

[10m] Though written in a later dynasty, The Scholars is set during this Chinese dynasty. Journey to the West and Romance of the Three Kingdoms were written during the rule of this dynasty.

ANSWER: Ming Dynasty [or Dà Míng]

[10e] In The Scholars, this novel’s opening is parodied when Wang Mien watches stars of the “Scholars” constellation fall to earth. This Ming Dynasty novel follows a group of 108 bandits called the Stars of Destiny.

ANSWER: Water Margin [or Outlaws of the Marsh or All Men Are Brothers or Shui Hu Zhuan]

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California	2025-02-01	Y	3	26.67	100%	100%	67%
Great Lakes	2025-02-01	Y	5	12.00	100%	20%	0%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	2025-02-01	Y	6	8.33	67%	17%	0%
Midwest	2025-02-01	Y	6	18.33	100%	33%	50%
North	2025-02-01	Y	3	20.00	100%	67%	33%
Overflow	2025-02-01	Y	5	14.00	100%	20%	20%
Pacific Northwest	2025-02-01	Y	2	20.00	100%	100%	0%
South Central	2025-02-01	Y	2	15.00	100%	50%	0%
Southeast	2025-02-01	Y	4	17.50	100%	25%	50%
UK	2025-02-01	Y	10	15.00	60%	80%	10%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	2025-02-01	Y	8	13.75	100%	13%	25%
Upstate NY	2025-02-01	Y	2	15.00	100%	50%	0%

Data


UCLA	Claremont A	0	10	10	20
UC Berkeley A	Claremont B	10	10	10	30
UC Berkeley B	UCSD	10	10	10	30
Ohio State A	Carnegie Mellon A	0	0	10	10
Carnegie Mellon B	Michigan D	0	0	10	10
Case Western A	Case Western B	0	10	10	20
Michigan State	Michigan A	0	0	10	10
Ohio State B	Kenyon	0	0	10	10
William & Mary	Duke	0	0	10	10
UNC B	Liberty A	0	0	10	10
Liberty C	UNC D	0	0	0	0
Virginia Tech A	South Carolina	0	10	10	20
Liberty B	UNC C	0	0	0	0
Virginia A	Wake Forest	0	0	10	10
Chicago A	Chicago B	10	0	10	20
Chicago D	Missouri S&T	0	10	10	20
Indiana B	Illinois B	0	0	10	10
WashU A	Illinois C	10	10	10	30
Illinois A	Indiana A	10	0	10	20
Wisconsin A	Carleton	0	10	10	20
Iowa State	Winona State	10	0	10	20
Wisconsin B	Minnesota B	0	10	10	20
Stanford B	Georgetown A	10	10	10	30
Northwestern A	Georgetown B	0	0	10	10
Iowa	Notre Dame B	0	0	10	10
Northwestern B	Purdue	0	0	10	10
Chicago C	Missouri	0	0	10	10
Notre Dame A	Notre Dame C	0	0	10	10
UW A	Alberta	0	10	10	20
UBC	UW B	0	10	10	20
Texas A	TAMU	0	10	10	20
Texas B	ASU	0	0	10	10
Georgia Tech C	Alabama A	10	0	10	20
Georgia Tech D	Tennessee A	0	0	10	10
Bruin A	Georgia Tech B	10	10	10	30
Cambridge A	Oxford B	0	10	10	20
Cambridge C	Cambridge E	0	0	10	10
Cambridge B	Cambridge D	0	10	0	10
Imperial A	Durham	10	10	10	30
LSE	Imperial B	0	10	0	10
Manchester	Warwick A	0	10	10	20
Oxford A	Warwick B	0	10	10	20
Oxford C	Southampton A	0	10	0	10
Sheffield	Bristol	0	10	0	10
NYU C	Southampton B	0	0	10	10
Louisville A	Vanderbilt A	0	0	10	10
Columbia B	Haverford B	0	0	10	10
Cornell B	Columbia C	10	10	10	30
Johns Hopkins A	Rutgers A	0	0	10	10
Maryland B	Penn B	0	0	10	10
NYU B	George Washington A	0	0	10	10
Penn A	George Washington B	0	0	10	10
Yale A	Vassar A	0	0	10	10
Cornell D	ESF A	0	0	10	10
RIT A	Cornell C	0	10	10	20
NYU A	John Jay College	10	0	10	20