Question

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, and the center formed the three truths. 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 (10[1])formed (-5[1])the White Lotus Society. (10[2])A disciple from this country severed his own left arm for his master Bodhidharma, (-5[1])who founded a mountain temple (10[1])noted for its martial arts. For 10 points, name this modern-day country where the Huáyán (10[1])and Tiantai Schools were founded. (10[1])■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: China [or Zhōngguó; accept People’s Republic of China or Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó] (Fǎzàng wrote the Rafter Dialogue.)
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Nitin RaoHarvardBowdoin A8410
Elliot RothTufts BBowdoin C85-5
Christopher DechBrandeis AAmherst8910
Derek FinoClark HouseBU8910
Yrwin BatanMITBoston College B103-5
Michael SunBrandeis BTufts A10810
Richard ZhangBoston College AYale12310
Richard LimBowdoin CTufts B12810
James MangravitiBoston College BMIT12910

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