Question

A book by a thinker from this country was characterized by Yuri Pines as having “alienating rhetoric.” That thinker from this country was credited by another with the concept of “fixing the standards.” A book by a thinker from this country, which tells a story of a farmer who hunts rabbits by hoping they run into a stump, (10[1])considers followers of an earlier thinker from this country among its “five vermin” and outlines “two handles” of punishment (10[1])and reward. (10[1])A follower of that earlier thinker from this country argued for “four beginnings” (10[1])of innate goodness by imagining reactions to a child falling down a well. (10[1])A philosopher from this country said that his first act as an official would be to “rectify names,” (10[1])as recounted in The Analects. (10[3])For 10 points, name this home country of Hán Fēi and Confucius. ■END■

ANSWER: China [or Zhōngguó]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Kevin ZhengYale CCarabrandeis5710
Matthew SiffYale ANortheastern A7610
Eren MicheletBoston University AClark A7810
Rohan GaneshanHarvard ATufts B9110
Yrwin BatanMIT ABrandeises Brew10410
Alex JiangBrown ATufts A12210
Michael ZhengAmherst ABoston University B12710
Lukas KoutsoukosYale BBowdoin B12710
Christopher DechDiamond BrandeisBowdoin A12710