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. (-5[1])A practitioner of this country’s “pure land” (10[1])sect (-5[1])formed the White Lotus (-5[1])Society. 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 points, (10[1])name this modern-day country where the Huáyán and Tiantai Schools were founded. (10[1])■END■ (10[1]0[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
Andre WongLSE ACambridge A76-5
Cormac BeirneLSE BBristol8310
Cormac StephensonSouthamptonImperial A84-5
Adsayan GaneshWarwick BWarwick A88-5
Shiv SeshanCambridge BWarwick C11610
Owen IredaleImperial ASouthampton12810
Seraphina Charlotte FooCambridge ALSE A12910
Chris LevesleyWarwick AWarwick B1290

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