百家爭鳴 [ㄅㄞˇ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄓㄥ ㄇㄧㄥˊ; bai3 jia1 zheng1 ming2] a hundred schools of thought contend (idiom); refers to the classical philosophic schools of the Warring States period 475-221 BC ◄ ►