xiū​wén​yǎn​wǔ

to promote culture and cease military action

  1. to cultivate
    to cultivate or refine one's character; to practice (a religion or asceticism)
  2. culture
    culture; the arts; humanities
  3. to stop
    (bound form) to cease; to desist; to stop or put an end to an activity
  4. noun
    martial
    (bound form) military; martial; related to combat or physical force; valiant; fierce; contrasted with wén