In 1978, Hu Fuming, a faculty member of Nanjing University in philosophy, wrote the historic article entitled "Practice is the Sole Criterion for Testing Truth", and after being published it led to the nationwide "Debate on Standards for Judging the Truth", and thus in certain degree liberated thought and promoted the ending of Cultural Revolution and the coming of reform era.
1978 年，南京大学哲学系教授胡福明撰写了题为《实践是检验真理的唯一标准》的历史性文章，文章发表后，引发全国范围的“真理判断标准大讨论”，从而在一定程度上解放了思想，推动了文革的结束和改革时代的到来。