an ordinary hermit lives in the seclusion of the woods / the true recluse chooses the city (idiom)
落草为寇
luò cǎo wéi kòu
to take to the woods to become an outlaw (idiom)
落草
luò cǎo
to take to the woods to become an outlaw / (dialect) to be born (Etymology: in former times, a bed of straw or grass was used as padding during childbirth)