Question

Bamboo slips authenticated two of this subject’s seven “classics,” the Six Secret Teachings and the Wèi Liáozǐ (“way lee-OW-dzuh”), the second of which stresses the influence of comets. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this counterpart of an administrative sphere called wén (“wun”). A manual for this subject advises “chaining” some of its 36 case studies, which include one about a supposedly empty city credited to Zhūgě Liàng (“joo-guh lee-ahng”).
ANSWER: military strategy [or strategies or stratagems; or jì or zhànlüè; accept tactics or tactical manuals; accept warfare, military treatises, war treatises, conflict, battle, sieges, counterattacks, wǔjīng, zhànlüè, or equivalents; accept Thirty-Six Stratagems or Sānshíliù Jì; accept Seven Military Classics or Wǔjīngqīshū or Wu ching ch’i shu; prompt on violence or harm or equivalents; prompt on tricks, ruses, deceptions, or equivalents] (The slips were found in the Yínquèshān Hàn tombs. Wén is contrasted with wǔ.)
[10e] A supposed descendant of this strategist “besieged Wèi (“way”) to rescue Zhào (“jow”)” at the Battle of Guìlíng (“gway-leeng”). He is credited with The Art of War.
ANSWER: Sun Tzu [or Sūnzǐ (“swun-dzuh”); or Syunzi; or Chángqīng or Ch’ang-ch’ing; accept Sūn Bìn or Sun Pin]
[10h] A teen girl descended from Cáo Cāo’s (“tsow tsow’s”) strategist Xún Yù (“shwin yew”) relieved a siege after this group of regents for the disabled emperor Huì (“hway”) wrecked Western Jìn. This group’s civil war led to 311’s infamous Xiōngnú (“shong-noo”) sack of Luòyáng (“lwoh-yahng”).
ANSWER: Eight Princes [or Eight Kings, Eight Monarchs, Bā Wáng, or Pa Wang; accept War of the Eight Princes, Rebellion of the Eight Kings, Chaos of the Eight Kings, Bā Wáng Zhī Luàn, or equivalents of any] (The Jìn History reports the story of Xún Guàn. Shí Lè led Hàn Zhào’s attack on Luòyáng.)
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TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3Total
Berkeley BHarvard1010020
Chicago APurdue10101030
Chicago BTexas010010
Chicago DVanderbilt010010
Columbia ACornell A010010
Columbia BClaremont Colleges1010020
Cornell BTruman State010010
DukeArizona State010010
FloridaOttawa1010020
IllinoisBerkeley A1010020
Iowa StateBrown1010020
KentuckyChicago C1010020
MarylandYale A010010
Minnesota ANorth Carolina A010010
NYUGeorgia Tech010010
North Carolina BMcGill1010020
NorthwesternMichigan1010020
PennToronto B1010020
South CarolinaMinnesota B010010
Toronto AJohns Hopkins10101030
VirginiaRutgers010010
WUSTL AIndiana10101030
WaterlooStanford1010020
Yale BWUSTL B010010

Summary

TournamentEditionExact Match?HeardPPBEasy %Medium %Hard %
2024 ACF Nationals04/21/2024Y2416.67100%54%13%