Question

In one book, this thinker asks if any people were hurt when hearing about a fire, but does not ask about the horses whose stables burned. This thinker wrote that people would act well if led by a virtuous ruler likened to the North Star. This non-Greek thinker used a term translated as “gentleman” to describe (10[1])a person who acts according to the “Doctrine of the Mean” and embodies a concept translated as “humaneness.” (10[3])This thinker’s negative variant of the Golden Rule is called the Silver Rule. (-5[1])This thinker’s five “fundamental relationships” are characterized (10[1])by a respect for one’s elders called filial (10[2])piety. (-5[1])For 10 points, what Chinese thinker’s sayings are collected (10[1])in the Analects? (10[1])■END■

ANSWER: Confucius [or Kong Qiu or Kong Fuzi or Kǒngzǐ]
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2024 ACF Fall at CornellfallY9100%0%22%88.33
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio StatefallY8100%0%13%76.38
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Pranaav SenthilkumarCornell CCornell D5510
Vincent MisterkiewiczCornell EBinghamton A7310
Gregory StoneESFCornell F7310
Tom ScheriRIT ACornell G7310
Bianca Van ZileBinghamton BBinghamton C86-5
Kritanu SahaCornell ACornell B9310
Ethan MaddoxU of Rochester APenn State10110
Greg ReiserRIT BSyracuse10110
Gianna PettineU of Rochester BRIT C102-5
Elijah O'Sick JohnsonBinghamton CBinghamton B11110
Claire WangRIT CU of Rochester B11510