Packet 9: Bonus 21
Allegedly, this ruler had the students of Fāng Xìaorú killed as a tenth degree of kinship added to the normal nine degrees. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this ruler who deposed his nephew Jiànwén through the Jìngnàn rebellion. This ruler introduced the Grand Secretariat, which replaced the Central Secretariat abolished by his father.
ANSWER: Yǒnglè Emperor [or Yǒnglè Dì; accept Zhu Di]
[10e] The Yǒnglè Emperor dispatched the first treasure fleet voyages led by this man, who traveled across the Indian Ocean to project Chinese power.
ANSWER: Zhèng Hé [or Mǎ Hé]
[10h] This academy opened a bureau to train scholars in the numerous languages encountered by Zhèng Hé’s voyages. During the Ming dynasty, this academy came to conduct almost all of the royal court’s literary work.
ANSWER: Hànlín Academy [or Hànlín Yuàn]
<EC, World History> | NAFTA-Packet-9
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | 13.85 | 100% | 23% | 15% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Constans Constantius and Constantine Jr. | Berkeley A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Stanford A | Stanford B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| Team 8 | Berkeley B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 NAFTA at Stanford | 01/17/2026 | ✓ | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA Online | 02/14/2026 | ✓ | 1 | 30.00 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Maryland | 09/27/2025 | ✓ | 1 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Harvard | 10/04/2025 | ✓ | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Oxford | 10/11/2025 | ✓ | 1 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Chicago | 11/08/2025 | ✓ | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 0% | 33% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Columbia | 11/08/2025 | ✓ | 2 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |