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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, considers (10[1])followers of an earlier thinker from this country among its “five vermin” and outlines “two handles” of punishment and reward. A follower of that earlier thinker from this country argued for “four beginnings” of innate goodness by imagining reactions to a child falling down a well. A philosopher from this country said that his first act as an official would be to “rectify names,” as recounted in The Analects. For 10 points, name this home country of Hán Fēi and Confucius. ■END■

ANSWER: China [or Zhōngguó]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Kevin WangGeorgia Tech BAuburn A5810

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