encourage the free airing of views

encourage the free airing of views

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Gu ǎ NGK ā iy á NL ù, which means to create conditions for the following to express their opinions. It comes from the biography of the history of the later Han Dynasty.

Idiom explanation

Wide: expanding; speech: the way to advance. Try to create conditions for the following to express their opinions.

The origin of Idioms

According to the biography of the history of the later Han Dynasty, "the Court opened up a wide range of ways to talk about things, so all false loans were made."

Idiom usage

From the collapse of emperor Mu Zong, the empress dowagers of the two palaces hung the curtain again, and the memorials of admonishment were rarely left in the middle. Gao Yang's the history of the palace of the Qing Dynasty (Volume I)

Idiom story

In the Western Han Dynasty, Jia Shan wrote Zhiyan to admonish Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty, expounding the truth of open mindedness. He believed that if open mindedness and good at cultivating scholars, the country would be strong, just like "the thunderbolt will destroy all the people; the Wanjun will destroy all the people." After reading it, Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty felt that it was reasonable and feasible, so he listened to his opinions and spoke widely