Fūrinkazan
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For other uses, see Fūrinkazan (disambiguation).
Fūrinkazan (風林火山), literally "Wind, Forest, Fire and Mountain", was the battle standard used by the Sengoku period daimyo Takeda Shingen, quoting chapter 7 of Sun Tzu's The Art of War: "Move as swift as a wind, stay as silent as forest, attack as fierce as fire, undefeatable defense like a mountain."
The original Chinese appears separated in two consecutive passages:
Chapter 7, passage 13: “故其疾如風，其徐如林“ Let your rapidity be that of the wind, your compactness that of the forest.
Chapter 7, passage 14: “侵掠如火，不動如山“ In raiding and plundering be like fire, be immovable like a mountain.
The phrase is also quoted in japanese anime and manga, e.g In The Prince of tennis, one of the character's uses this phrase as names for his moves.
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