归去 carries strong literary weight, anchored by Tao Yuanming's (
陶渊明) Eastern Jin masterpiece 《
归去来兮辞》(The Return) - a poet quitting officialdom for pastoral life. Su Shi later picked up the same word in
但愿人长久...
我欲乘风归去. In modern speech
回去 is the everyday equivalent.
