Admonition - 2026 ACF Regionals

Packet I: Bonus 9

Note to moderator: read the answerline carefully. A woman kneels in front of an empty table in the second scene of this painting, which also has a scene in which a woman rushes towards a bear. For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this painting intended to advise women in the imperial court of Empress Jia, created by Gu Kaizhi (“kai-jurr”).

ANSWER: Admonition [accept, but DO NOT REVEAL, Admonitions Scroll; accept Admonitions of the Court Instructress; accept Nüshi zhen tu]

[10e] Admonitions is a painting in this format, another of which is Zhang Zeduan’s panoramic painting Along the River During the Qingming Festival. Chinese paintings in this format were often done on long pieces of silk or paper.

ANSWER: scrolls [accept hanging scrolls; accept handscrolls]

[10m] The Admonitions scroll has been argued to have been created during this dynasty, which included an artist who developed the technique of “pomo.” Ink was used to create images of marine life by this dynasty’s “Southern School”

ANSWER: Tang dynasty (The artist is Wang Wei.)

<EW, Painting and Sculpture> | Packet I - McGill B, UCLA A, Michigan B, Georgia Tech C, Southampton B

Heard	PPB	E %	M %	H %
63	9.37	68%	21%	5%

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Conversion

Team	Opponent	Part 1	Part 2	Part 3	Total	Parts
Alabama A	Tennessee B	0	10	10	20	EM
Berkeley A	Berkeley D	10	10	0	20	HE
Brandeis B	Bowdoin A	0	0	0	0
Brown	Bowdoin B	0	10	0	10	E
Bruin	WashU B	0	10	0	10	E
Cambridge B	Imperial A	0	10	0	10	E
Carleton College	Washington B	0	10	0	10	E
Central Florida A	Florida C	0	10	10	20	EM
Central Florida C	Central Florida B	0	0	0	0
Chicago A	Purdue A	0	10	0	10	E
Chicago C	Illinois B	0	10	0	10	E
Chicago D	Purdue B	0	0	0	0
Claremont	Iowa State	0	0	0	0
Columbia A	Maryland A	10	10	0	20	HE
Columbia B	NYU A	0	10	0	10	E
Cornell C	Binghamton A	0	10	0	10	E
Durham	City St. George's	0	10	10	20	EM
Edinburgh B	Imperial C	0	10	0	10	E
Florida B	Florida A	0	0	0	0
Georgetown	Columbia C	0	10	0	10	E
Georgia Tech B	Mississipi State	0	10	0	10	E
Georgia Tech D	Louisville A	0	0	10	10	M
Harvard A	Dartmouth A	0	10	0	10	E
Illinois A	Indiana A	0	10	0	10	E
Indiana B	Northwestern D	0	10	0	10	E
James Madison A	Liberty C	0	0	0	0
James Madison B	Liberty B	0	0	0	0
John Jay	Catholic	0	0	0	0
Johns Hopkins A	NYU B	0	10	10	20	EM
Johns Hopkins B	NYU C	0	0	0	0
LSE	Bristol	0	10	0	10	E
Liberty A	South Carolina A	0	10	0	10	E
Louisville B	Kentucky	0	10	10	20	EM
MIT	Brandeis A	0	10	0	10	E
Maryland B	Vassar	0	10	10	20	EM
Maryland C	Swarthmore	0	0	0	0
McGill A	UBC B	0	0	10	10	M
Minnesota A	Georgia Tech A	0	10	10	20	EM
Missouri A	Washington A	0	10	0	10	E
NC State B	North Carolina B	0	10	0	10	E
North Carolina C	NC State A	0	0	0	0
Northwestern B	Illinois C	0	10	0	10	E
Northwestern C	Indiana C	0	0	0	0
Notre Dame A	Chicago B	0	0	0	0
Notre Dame B	Chicago E	0	0	0	0
Oxford A	Cambridge C	0	10	0	10	E
Oxford B	UCL	0	10	10	20	EM
Penn State	Cornell A	0	10	0	10	E
RIT	Cornell B	0	0	0	0
Rochester	Binghamton B	0	10	0	10	E
Rutgers A	Rutgers B	0	10	0	10	E
Southern Connecticut State	Dartmouth B	0	0	10	10	M
Stanford A	Berkeley C	10	10	0	20	HE
Stanford B	Berkeley B	0	10	0	10	E
Tennessee A	Sewanee	0	10	0	10	E
Texas A	Murray State A	0	10	10	20	EM
Texas A&M A	Texas B	0	0	0	0
VCU	South Carolina B	0	0	0	0
Virginia	Virginia Tech B	0	10	0	10	E
Virginia Tech A	North Carolina A	0	10	0	10	E
WashU A	Vanderbilt B	0	10	0	10	E
William and Mary	Duke	0	10	10	20	EM
Yale	Harvard B	0	10	0	10	E

Summary

Tournament	Edition	Match	Heard	PPB	E %	M %	H %
California (North)	Main Site	✓	3	16.67	100%	0%	67%
Canada	Main Site	✓	1	10.00	0%	100%	0%
Florida	Main Site	✓	3	6.67	33%	33%	0%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	✓	9	6.67	56%	11%	0%
Midwest	Main Site	✓	9	5.56	56%	0%	0%
Northeast	Main Site	✓	6	8.33	67%	17%	0%
Overflow	Main Site	✓	4	10.00	75%	25%	0%
South Central	Main Site	✓	2	10.00	50%	50%	0%
Southeast	Main Site	✓	7	12.86	86%	43%	0%
UK	Main Site	✓	6	13.33	100%	33%	0%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	✓	9	10.00	67%	22%	11%
Upstate NY	Main Site	✓	4	7.50	75%	0%	0%