To withdraw from public life and live in seclusion, often due to a refusal to compromise principles or engage with a corrupt world; to decline official appointments.
他看透了尘世的浮华，决心凿坏而遁，过上清净无为的生活。
He saw through the superficiality of the mundane world, resolved to live in seclusion, and lead a pure and simple life.
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