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% |
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 |