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Originally Posted by Annadibath
Thanks for your reply, RadioKid.
How would you translate literally (i.e. word for word) in English the expression you quote - 風林火山 - ?
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風林火山(fu-rin-ka-zan;Wind, Woods, Fire and Mountain) is a motto of "Takeda, Shingen(family name first)" who was a lord of middle Japan area. It means "fasta as the Wind, Silent as the Woods, Invade as Fire and Unshakable as Mountain".
Your qiestion seems to relate to Chinese saying because they have many military saying like as Son's strategy.
As we have less saying related to fighting, 風林火山 just hit me as the closest answer.