Hundred Flowers

noun

the 1957 political campaign in the People's Republic of China to encourage greater freedom of intellectual expression, initiated by Mao Zedong under the slogan “Let a hundred flowers bloom, let a hundred schools of thought contend.”

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Origin:
translation of Chinese bǎihuā (qífàng) literally, (let bloom) a hundred flowers

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"Letting a hundred flowers blossom and a hundred schools of thought contend is the policy for promoting the progress of the arts and the sciences and a flourishing culture in our land."

-Mao Zedong