Packet H: Bonus 20
This man legendarily lived in a cave in western Sri Lanka now named for him and returned to his homeland via being shipwrecked on Mount Lao in Shandong. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this Chinese monk who recorded his journey to Gupta India to collect religious texts in Records of the Buddhist Kingdoms. This man’s journey preceded a similar one by Xuanzang (“shwen-zahng”) by two centuries.
ANSWER: Faxian (“fa-sh’yen”) [or Gong Sehi; accept Fa-hien; accept Fa-hsien]
[10h] One of the earliest Buddhist missionaries to China, An Shigao, was supposedly a prince of this empire, which was known as “Anxi” (“an-shee”) in China. The diplomat Gan Ying visited this empire on a fact-finding mission.
ANSWER: Parthia [or Parthian Empire; accept Arsacid; reject “Persian Empire”]
[10e] After returning to China, Xuanzang taught students including the monk Dōshō, who introduced a variety of Indian Yogācāra (“yoga-CHAR-uh”) to this country. This country’s Zen tradition emphasizes meditation and the study of koans.
ANSWER: Japan [or Nihon]
<Illinois C, Other History> | Packet H - Yale A, Ohio State C, Illinois C, Virginia Tech B, MIT A
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | 15.00 | 100% | 38% | 13% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruin | Georgia Tech C | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Cambridge A | Bristol | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | HE |
| Carleton University | McGill A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Cornell B | Penn State | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Edinburgh A | Imperial A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | HE |
| Georgetown | Johns Hopkins B | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Louisville B | Georgia Tech D | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| McMaster A | Ottawa | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Michigan B | Pittsburgh | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Minnesota A | Iowa State | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| NYU A | Vassar | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Queen's | UBC A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Stanford B | Berkeley A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Swarthmore | Maryland A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Texas B | Texas A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Waterloo A | Toronto B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California (North) | Main Site | ✓ | 1 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| Canada | Main Site | ✓ | 4 | 12.50 | 100% | 25% | 0% |
| Great Lakes | Main Site | ✓ | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| Overflow | Main Site | ✓ | 1 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| South Central | Main Site | ✓ | 1 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| Southeast | Main Site | ✓ | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| UK | Main Site | ✓ | 2 | 20.00 | 100% | 0% | 100% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | Main Site | ✓ | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| Upstate NY | Main Site | ✓ | 1 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |