Fūrinkazan
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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
- Image
- 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 sectionsContents
- 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:
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