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’ 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 appear in this text which collects the sayings and actions of Confucius.
ANSWER: Analects [or Lúnyǔ]
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