Question

This text is divided into “Outer Chapters,” “Miscellaneous Chapters,” and the seven “Inner Chapters” traditionally attributed to its namesake author. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this text, whose namesake author asks if he is a man dreaming of being a butterfly or a butterfly dreaming of being a man in a passage illustrating the “Transformation of Things.”
ANSWER: Zhuangzi (“JWONG-tzuh”)
[10e] The Zhuangzi is named for a thinker from this tradition. This Chinese tradition, which advocates for “effortless action” called wúwéi, was founded by Laozi (“LAO-tzuh”) and is named for a concept often translated as “the way.”
ANSWER: Daoism [or Taoism or dàojiào]
[10m] The Zhuangzi begins with Zhuangzi and Huizi (“hway-tzuh”) debating whether fish can have this trait. Albert Camus’ (“al-BAIR ka-MOOH’s”) essay “The Myth of Sisyphus” ends by declaring “one must imagine Sisyphus” with this trait.
ANSWER: happiness [accept word forms like happy]
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2024 ACF Fall at Ohio StatefallY921.11100%100%11%
2024 ACF Fall at WashingtonfallY717.1486%86%0%
2024 ACF Fall at GeorgiafallY1220.00100%92%8%
2024 ACF Fall at North CarolinafallY918.8989%100%0%
2024 ACF Fall at RutgersfallY720.00100%86%14%
2024 ACF Fall at IllinoisfallY1023.00100%100%30%

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Miami A (UG) CWRU A (UG) 0101020
CWRU C (UG)Michigan State B 0101020
Michigan State A Michigan A (UG) 10101030
Jefferson County Scholars (DII)Michigan D (UG)0101020
Ohio State A (UG) Michigan C 0101020
Michigan B (UG)Ohio State B (DII) 0101020
West Virginia A (UG) Ohio State C (DII) 0101020
West Virginia B (UG) Miami C (DII) 0101020
CWRU B (DII) Miami B (UG) 0101020