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, considers followers of an earlier thinker (10[1])from this country among its “five vermin” and outlines (10[1])“two handles” of punishment and reward. (10[1])A follower (10[1])of that earlier thinker (10[1])from this country argued for “four beginnings” of innate goodness by imagining reactions to a child falling down a well. (10[2])A philosopher from this country said that his first act as an official would be to “rectify names,” as recounted (10[1])in The Analects. For 10 points, name this home country (10[1])of Hán Fēi and Confucius. ■END■

ANSWER: China [or Zhōngguó]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Ethan MaUIUC DUChicago C6310
Roy YangWashU DUChicago B7210
Arjun KalaUIUC BUIUC A7810
Sam McNameeNotre DameWashU C8010
Arthur GaydenUChicago AIndiana A8410
Jacob PuthipirojNorthwestern APurdue A10410
Logan MathisSIUE AIndiana B10410
Jisoo ParkUIUC CMiami12410
Emmett ChoUChicago DPurdue B13410

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