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Fūrinkazan

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Also known as Fūrin Kazan

thumb|Fūrinkazan banner is a popularized version of the battle standard used by the Sengoku period daimyō Takeda Shingen. The banner quoted four phrases from Sun Tzu's The Art of War: "be like a wind in a rapid march, a woods in a steady march, a fire in a raid, a mountain in a standoff."

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Instance of
yojijukugo
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Flag of Furinkazan.svg
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name in kana
ふうりんかざん
inscription
疾如風徐如林侵掠如火不動如山
language of work or name
Classical Chinese
inspired by
The Art of War
commissioned by
Takeda Shingen
Commons category
Fūrinkazan
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Encyclopedic overview

5 sections
Contents
  • Original version
  • Four-character version
  • Use in popular culture
  • See also
  • Notes

thumb|Fūrinkazan banner is a popularized version of the battle standard used by the Sengoku period daimyō Takeda Shingen. The banner quoted four phrases from Sun Tzu's The Art of War: "be like a wind in a rapid march, a woods in a steady march, a fire in a raid, a mountain in a standoff."

==Original version== The original version of the banner is mentioned in the Kōyō Gunkan, a record of the military exploits of the Takeda clan. It is based on four phrases from Sun Tzu, which in the original Chinese appear in two consecutive passages:

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Fūrinkazan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.