The big sound is loud, but the elephant is invisible: the better the music, the more distant and subdued it is, the better the image, the more ethereal and grand. It means "the greater the achievement, the more penetrating and far-reaching it is, and the more grand it is, the more inclusive it is of all things."

Laozi believes that the music of inaction and nature is the music of Tao, and it conforms to the characteristics of Tao. It is the foundation of music for everyone, omnipresent and omnipotent. It is the most beautiful, silent, and the highest realm of music.

This sentence comes from Laozi's "Tao Te Ching". The original text is: Generous without corners, great achievements come late. The sound is loud, but the elephant is invisible.

Translation: The most square has no edges and corners, the largest appliance is completed last, the greatest music has no sound, and the largest image has no image. Extended information

The Tao Te Ching is a philosophical work written by Lao Tzu (Li Er) during the Spring and Autumn Period. It is a work written by the pre-Qin scholars in ancient China before they split up, and is an important source of Taoist philosophical thought. The Tao Te Ching is divided into two parts. The original text is the first part "De Jing" and the second part "Tao Jing". They are not divided into chapters. Later, they were changed to "Tao Jing". Chapter 37 comes first, and after chapter 38, it is "De Jing" and divided into chapters. For 81 chapters.

The Tao Te Ching is one of the greatest masterpieces in Chinese history and has had a profound impact on traditional philosophy, science, politics, religion, etc. According to UNESCO statistics, "Tao Te Ching" is the cultural masterpiece that has been translated into foreign languages ??the most and published besides the Bible.