動うごかざること山やまの如ごとし

expression

immovable as a mountain; imperturbable; unshakable

A set phrase from Sun Tzu's 'The Art of War', used to describe someone or something that remains completely still, unyielding, or unflappable. Often applied to a person who refuses to budge or change their stance, whether from resolve, stubbornness, or laziness.

• 彼かれは動うごかざること山やまの如ごとしで、説せっ得とくしても全まったく意い見けんを変かえなかった。

  He was as immovable as a mountain and didn't change his opinion at all even after persuasion.

• 孫そん子しの兵へい法ほうに「動うごかざること山やまの如ごとし」とある。

  In Sun Tzu's 'The Art of War', it says 'be immovable like a mountain'.