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百花齊放，百家爭鳴 百花齐放，百家争鸣 [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/Reference definitions and teaching material have separate provenance.
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Other forms in these source records: 百花齊放，百家爭鳴
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