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 (-5[1])thinker used a term translated as “gentleman” to describe a person who acts according to the (10[1])“Doctrine of the Mean” and embodies a concept translated as “humaneness.” (10[1])This thinker’s negative variant of the Golden Rule is called the Silver Rule. This thinker’s five (10[1])“fundamental relationships” are characterized (10[1])by a respect (10[1])for one’s elders called filial (10[1])piety. For 10 points, what Chinese thinker’s sayings (10[1])are collected in the Analects? (10[1])■END■

ANSWER: Confucius [or Kong Qiu or Kong Fuzi or Kǒngzǐ]
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Jason Qin (DII)Columbia J (DII)Columbia B46-5
Zaid Asif (DII)NYU A (UG)Penn A (DII)6210
Rohit Chintala (DII)Maryland B (DII)NYU B7310
Alex Wong (DII)Rutgers A (UG)Fordham A8910
Greta Hong (DII)Bard A (UG)Rutgers B9310
Chase Barrick (DII)Lehigh A (UG)Princeton A (UG)9610
Andy Yu (DII)Maryland A (DII)Penn B (DII)10110
Jack Stuhlman (DII)Lehigh B (DII)Rowan A (DII)10910
Andrew YangColumbia BColumbia J (DII)11510

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2024 ACF Fall at Ohio StatefallY8100%0%13%76.38
2024 ACF Fall at WashingtonfallY6100%0%17%70.67
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2024 ACF Fall at North CarolinafallY9100%0%0%76.11
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2024 ACF Fall at RutgersfallY8100%0%13%92.25
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