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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 (10[1])they run into a stump, considers followers (10[1])of an earlier thinker from this country among its “five vermin” and outlines “two handles” of punishment and reward. (10[2])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. (10[1])For (10[1])10 points, (10[1])name this home country of Hán Fēi and Confucius. ■END■

ANSWER: China [or Zhōngguó]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Kevin Zheng (UG)Michigan BMichigan State A5210
Sarah Dong (DII)Michigan C (UG)Ohio State C (DII)5910
Ariel FaederPitt AMichigan A7810
Rohan Navaneetha Raj (DII)Ohio State B (DII)Ohio State A (UG)7810
Ethan Shu (DII)CWRU D (DII)Michigan State C (UG)12710
Alan Lee (UG)CWRU B (UG)Pitt B (UG)12810
Francis Hanf (UG)Kenyon A (UG)Kenyon B (DII)13010

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