Packet 1: Bonus 16

Original-language term required. A thinker described men who defeat an army with wooden sticks to praise a ruler who possesses this trait. For 10 points each:
[10h] What trait is also demonstrated by a king who switches a sacrificial ox with a sheep after seeing its frightened appearance? Chapter 3 of a different text wonders what someone lacking this trait has to do with music.
ANSWER: rén (“run”) [accept rénzhě wúdí]
[10e] This “second sage” of Confucianism declared that the benevolent are invincible in his namesake text, which argues for the innate goodness of human beings.
ANSWER: Mencius [or Mèngzǐ (“MUNG-dzuh”); or Meng Tzu; or Meng Ke]
[10m] Mencius argued that, alongside the virtues of yì, lǐ, and zhì (“jurr”), rén can be cultivated from this set of innate moral senses. The existence of these things is explained with the example of someone witnessing a child fall down a well.
ANSWER: four sprouts [or sìduān; or four beginnings; or four hearts]
<Toronto A, Philosophy> | A. Prelims 1 - Waterloo + Toronto A + Georgia Tech B

HeardPPBE %M %H %
2113.3391%33%10%

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TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3TotalParts
British ColumbiaVirginia0101020EM
BrownVanderbilt010010E
CambridgeRutgers010010E
Chicago AHarvard0101020EM
Columbia AUC Berkeley A0101020EM
Georgia Tech CChicago B010010E
Illinois AUC Berkeley B010010E
IndianaMaryland A010010E
MITColumbia B0101020EM
MinnesotaMaryland B0000
NYU AJohns Hopkins010010E
North CarolinaUCF010010E
Northwestern AMichigan010010E
Penn StateUCLA10101030HEM
PittsburghCornell010010E
Stanford AIllinois B010010E
Stanford BNorthwestern B010010E
TexasOhio State010010E
Toronto BBruin0101020EM
Virginia TechPurdue0101020EM
WashUSwarthmore100010H

Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardPPBE %M %H %
Main Site2026-04-17✓2113.3391%33%10%