偃武修文
yǎn​wǔ​xiū​wén

to give up the sword for the pen

Senses

偃武修文 yǎn​wǔ​xiū​wén to give up the sword for the pen

to cease military preparations and focus instead on culture and education, traditionally attributed to the 书经 shū​jīng

References

same_as 偃武修文/偃武修文 → 修文偃武/修文偃武
synonym 行文/行文 → 偃武修文/偃武修文
variant 修文偃武/修文偃武 → 偃武修文/偃武修文