百花齊放，百家爭鳴

bǎihuāqífàng,bǎijiāzhēngmíng

let a hundred flowers blossom and a hundred schools of thought contend

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bai3 hua1 qi2 fang4 , bai3 jia1 zheng1 ming2

a hundred flowers bloom, a hundred schools of thought contend (idiom); refers to the classical philosophic schools of the Warring States period 475-221 BC, but adopted for Mao's campaign of 1956

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百花齊放，百家爭鳴|百花齐放，百家争鸣 [bǎi huā qí fàng , bǎi jiā zhēng míng] ► a hundred flowers bloom, a hundred schools of thought contend (idiom); refers to the classical philosophic schools of the Warring States period 475-221 BC, but adopted for Mao's campaign of 1956