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 from this country among its “five vermin” (10[1])and outlines “two handles” of (10[1])punishment and reward. 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,” as recounted in The Analects. For 10 points, (10[1])name this home (10[1])country of Hán Fēi and Confucius. ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: China [or Zhōngguó]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Cyrus ZhouWUSTL AMcGill E7010
Sam Macchi (D2)Vassar ATexas B7510
Eshan Pant (D2)NYU AMissouri9110
Roan DowlingIowaTexas A10410
Collin Leck (D2)Central OklahomaNYU B13010
Brynn JonesOregon StateMississippi State13310
Alejandro Prieto Mendoza (D2)Texas DColorado College14010
Keerthana Krishnan (D2)Texas CVassar B14010

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