百花齊放,百家爭鳴 [ㄅㄞˇ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄑㄧˊ ㄈㄤˋ , ㄅㄞˇ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄓㄥ ㄇㄧㄥˊ; 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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