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[[File:Lexaeus_ultimate_weapon.png|thumb|Lexaeus with Fūrinkazan.]]
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{{nihongo|'''Fūrinkazan'''|風林火山||lit. "Wind, Forest, Fire, and Mountain"}} is one of [[Lexaeus]]'s weapons in ''[[Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days]]''; '''Fūrinkazan+''', the upgraded version, is his most powerful weapon. To wield Fūrinkazan, Lexaeus must have the [[Pandora Gear]] attached.
{{nihongo|'''Cardinal Virtue'''|風林火山|''Fūrinkazan''|lit. "Wind, Forest, Fire, and Mountain"}} is one of [[Lexaeus]]'s weapons in ''[[Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days]]''; '''Cardinal Virtue+''', the upgraded version, is his most powerful weapon. To wield Cardinal Virtue, Lexaeus must have the [[Pandora Gear]] attached.


Its name is a reference to a [[Wikipedia:Fūrinkazan|quote from Sun Tzu's ''The Art of War'']] which was used as a battle standard by the Sengoku period daimyo, [[wikipedia:Takeda Shingen|Takeda Shingen]]. In the original passage, the quote reads:
The weapon's English name refers to the [[wikipedia:cardinal virtues|cardinal virtues]] of Christianity: Justice, prudence, temperance, and fortitude.
 
Its Japanese name is a reference to a [[Wikipedia:Fūrinkazan|quote from Sun Tzu's ''The Art of War'']] which was used as a battle standard by the Sengoku period daimyo, [[wikipedia:Takeda Shingen|Takeda Shingen]]. In the original passage, the quote reads:
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''"Let your rapidity be that of the wind, your compactness that of the forest.<br>In raiding and plundering be like fire, be immovable like a mountain."''
''"Let your rapidity be that of the wind, your compactness that of the forest.<br>In raiding and plundering be like fire, be immovable like a mountain."''

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Cardinal Virtue (風林火山 Fūrinkazan?, lit. "Wind, Forest, Fire, and Mountain") is one of Lexaeus's weapons in Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days; Cardinal Virtue+, the upgraded version, is his most powerful weapon. To wield Cardinal Virtue, Lexaeus must have the Pandora Gear attached.

The weapon's English name refers to the cardinal virtues of Christianity: Justice, prudence, temperance, and fortitude.

Its Japanese name is a reference to a quote from Sun Tzu's The Art of War which was used as a battle standard by the Sengoku period daimyo, Takeda Shingen. In the original passage, the quote reads:

"Let your rapidity be that of the wind, your compactness that of the forest.
In raiding and plundering be like fire, be immovable like a mountain."

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