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A thinker from this modern-day country showed how the universe, like a house, is both identical to and distinct from its parts in a metaphor about a rafter. A religious school in this modern-day country originated an argument that emptiness, provisional positing, (-5[1])and the center formed the three truths. (-5[1])Traditions from this country first developed the “perfect interfusion” doctrine to explain interpenetration of all universal phenomena through a metaphor of infinite reflections on (*) jewels in a net. A practitioner of this country’s “pure land” sect formed the White Lotus Society. (-5[1])A disciple from this country severed his own left arm for his master Bodhidharma, who founded a mountain temple noted for its martial arts. For (10[1])10 points, name this modern-day country where the Huáyán and Tiantai Schools were founded. ■END■ (10[3])

ANSWER: China [or Zhōngguó; accept People’s Republic of China or Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó] (Fǎzàng wrote the Rafter Dialogue.)
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John MarvinChicago ANotre Dame41-5
Yash MandaviaIllinois OrangePurdue A48-5
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Jay KimChicago BSIUE11410
Jacob FinleyNotre DameChicago A12910
Davis JohnsonPurdue BIllinois Blue12910
Eric YangPurdue AIllinois Orange12910

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