The title refers to a common misquotation of a phrase of Chairman Mao's («Let a hundred flowers bloom»). (artbook.com)
The Quote Investigator website has a collection of pages that examine a variety of common misquotations. (booklighteditorial.com)
The author's only ax to grind is with those intent on exposing misquotations and spurious attributions as an end in itself, who suppose that matters are simpler than they usually are and overlook the insights into the way we think and communicate that even such «mistakes» in transmission afford. (firstthings.com)