From 宋·陈亮《戊申再上孝宗皇帝书》, where 陈亮 argued the 'barbarians' did not have a 方兴未艾之势 — a rising, undiminished momentum. Still used today precisely for momentum that hasn't peaked yet.
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艾 here means 'to stop/end' (archaic sense), not 'mugwort'. 未艾 = 'not yet ended' — the whole idiom is 'just rising, not yet ebbing'.
