Question

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

ANSWER: Confucius [or Kong Qiu or Kong Fuzi or Kǒngzǐ]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Kevin Zheng (UG)Michigan A (UG) CWRU C (UG)1810
Mark Lee (DII)Michigan B (UG)Michigan D (UG)2510
Venkat Das (DII)West Virginia A (UG) Michigan C 44-5
Beckett Gilmore (DII)Jefferson County Scholars (DII)Miami B (UG) 5010
Cade Smith (UG)Michigan State A Miami C (DII) 9910
Ryan DiBacco (UG)West Virginia B (UG) Ohio State A (UG) 9910
Malcolm D'Souza (DII)Ohio State B (DII) CWRU A (UG) 10210
Connor McClellan (UG)Miami A (UG) Ohio State C (DII) 10810
Elijah Quan (DII)Michigan C West Virginia A (UG) 11010

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2024 ACF Fall at CornellfallY9100%0%22%88.33
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio StatefallY8100%0%13%76.38
2024 ACF Fall at WashingtonfallY6100%0%17%70.67
2024 ACF Fall at GeorgiafallY11100%0%18%77.45
2024 ACF Fall at North CarolinafallY9100%0%0%76.11
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont CollegesfallY5100%0%20%70.60
2024 ACF Fall at RutgersfallY8100%0%13%92.25
2024 ACF Fall at IllinoisfallY9100%0%0%80.89