Question

Answer the following about the Huáng-Lǎo (“hwong lau”) school of philosophy from the Hàn dynasty, for 10 points each.
[10e] The second half of the Huáng-Lǎo school’s name references the author of this text, whose 81 chapters discuss topics like wú wéi (“oo way”).
ANSWER: Tao Te Ching [or Dàodé Jīng]
[10h] The influence of legalism on the Huáng-Lǎo school was clarified by the 1973 discovery of this set of silk texts, which included two nearly complete copies of the Tao Te Ching and an early copy of the I Ching (“ee ching”).
ANSWER: Mǎwángduī (“mah-wong-dway”) Silk Texts [or Mǎwángduī Bóshū)]
[10m] A text by this legalist philosopher that urges rulers to practice wú wéi is sometimes considered part of the Huáng-Lǎo tradition. This 3rd-century BCE thinker advised rulers to use the “two handles” of reward and punishment.
ANSWER: Hán Fēi [or Hán Fēizi]

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Brown AFlorida A100010
Chicago AChicago B10101030
Chicago CTexas A001010
Columbia AUC Berkeley A100010
Georgia Tech AStanford A1001020
Georgia Tech BSouth Carolina A100010
Houston APurdue A100010
Illinois AClaremont A1001020
Indiana ACornell B100010
Iowa State AWUSTL B0000
Johns Hopkins AVanderbilt A100010
MIT ANorthwestern A1001020
Maryland AWUSTL A1001020
Minnesota AToronto A1001020
Minnesota BColumbia B100010
NYU AMichigan A100010
North Carolina AHarvard A1001020
Ohio State ACornell A1001020
Penn State AMcGill A100010
Rutgers BFlorida B100010
UC Berkeley BImperial A1001020
Virginia ARutgers A1001020
Yale ADuke A100010
Yale BPenn A100010