Question
The “lady of the southern peak” founded an offshoot of this movement named for “highest clarity” after serving as one of its “libationer” priests. For 10 points each:
[10h] What movement gave rise to its religion’s largest modern sect, the Orthodox Unity school? The first holder of this movement’s namesake title took it after a mountaintop vision of an apocalypse survived by “seed people.”
ANSWER: Way of the Celestial Masters [or Way of the Heavenly Masters; or Tiān Shī Dào; accept Way of the Five Pecks of Rice or Wǔ Dǒu Mǐ Dào] (Wèi Huācún founded the Shangqing School. The Celestial Masters were founded by Zhang Daoling.)
[10e] Celestial Masters “paced the Dipper” atop rugs emblazoned with the tàijí in a ritual dance named for this mythical “great” ruler, who built canals to deal with the Great Flood.
ANSWER: Yǔ the Great [or Dà Yǔ; accept Yǔbù, Steps of Yǔ, or Paces of Yǔ]
[10m] The steps of the Yǔbù are detailed in an esoteric Daoist text titled for the “master who embraces” this concept. Give the Chinese word for, or standard translation of, this concept literally denoting “uncarved wood,” which punningly titles a 1982 bestseller about Daoism by Benjamin Hoff.
ANSWER: pǔ [or simplicity; or word forms of being simple; accept Bàopǔzǐ, The Master Who Embraces Simplicity, or The Tao of Pooh]
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Summary
| 2024 Chicago Open | 07/28/2024 | Y | 12 | 12.50 | 83% | 33% | 8% |
Data
| genAI this, genAI that, have you found your 真爱 yet | Charlotte's Moderately Successful Team | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| LMM's LLM MLM | Galvanized Square Steen and Eco-Friendly Wood Vermeer | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Punished "Venom" BHSU | I’ll take a quiet 10 / A handshake of CO (Chicago Open) | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Les Missourables | Are You There, Chat? It's Me, Margaret | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NJTRANSit (and anwen, I guess) | The Oldest Men in the World | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| NJTRANSit (and bobby, i guess) | First Cause, First Cause, make me young! | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| The Jeam Team | Read slowly: A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A Read quickly: A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| The Dyatlov Passement incident | AMOGH QUIZ HACK? 英雄联盟 400 PPG 24 TUH | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Lisan al-Quib | The Empire Bikes Back | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| There are buzzable clues everywhere for those with eyes to see | Berkeley Mafia and the Chicago Boy | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| it's the great pumpkinification objection, charlie brown | BHSU B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| sticking out your guyot for the ridge push; you're so seafloor spread, you're so fracture zone | Mindgoblin of Little Hobbes | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |