"Let a hundred flowers blossom and a hundred schools of thought contend" is the basic policy for the prosperity of cultural undertakings, which is called "Let a hundred flowers blossom" for short. "Let a hundred flowers blossom" was put forward by President Mao Zedong, and "Let a hundred flowers blossom" is an image metaphor, and "Let a hundred schools of thought contend" borrowed historical allusions.
"A hundred flowers blossom and a hundred schools of thought contend", specifically, means that works with different styles, genres, themes and techniques are allowed to coexist and develop freely in literary and artistic creation. In academic theory, different schools and viewpoints are advocated to compete with each other and discuss freely.
"Let a hundred flowers blossom" is an image metaphor, and "A hundred schools of thought contend" borrows historical allusions. 195 1, Mao Zedong wrote the inscription "Let a hundred flowers blossom and bring forth the new" for China Opera Research Institute. 1953, he put forward the viewpoint of "a hundred schools of thought contend" in the study of China history.
1on April 28th, 956, Mao Zedong said at the enlarged meeting in the Political Bureau of the Central Committee that "letting a hundred flowers blossom" on artistic issues and "letting a hundred schools of thought contend" on academic issues should be the policy of developing science and prospering literature and art in China. This policy was put forward by Mao Zedong and determined by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China as an important policy for scientific and cultural work.
On May 26th, the Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee held a report meeting. On behalf of the CPC Central Committee, Lu delivered a speech entitled "Let a hundred flowers blossom and a hundred schools of thought contend" to the intellectuals, which comprehensively expounded this policy.
The significance of expanding the policy of "information letting a hundred flowers blossom"
1. It inspired the creation of a large number of old writers from the May 4th new literary tradition, thus to some extent bridging the invisible gap between the May 4th new literary tradition and the literary tradition in the liberated areas under the norms of war culture since the first national cultural congress.
2. Put forward the theory of "Avenue" in theory, oppose dogmatism, advocate realism, advocate literature describing human nature and restore humanitarian tradition.
3. The emergence of a number of creations that reveal the internal contradictions in socialist society marks the beginning of the maturity of socialist literature.
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Baidu encyclopedia-policy of letting a hundred flowers blossom