The elephant is invisible and the voice is silentIn the Tao Te Ching, Chapter 41, there was an expression that said," Great sounds are rare, and elephants are invisible." Its meaning was: The most beautiful music sounds lonely and silent, and the tall image is invisible; It can also be understood that the better the music is, the more silent it is, and the better the image is, the more ethereal it is. The best music has no sound, and the best image has no image. It could also be understood that human hearing had a range. People could not hear sounds beyond the range. They could not hear sounds that were smaller than the range, and they could not hear sounds that were larger than the range. The shape of the universe could not be described by what people saw and heard, because such a large image was invisible. It meant that the greater the achievement, the more immeasurable it was. The greater the magnanimity, the more indescribable it was. In addition, ancient and modern scholars had roughly six explanations for "Da Yin Xi Sheng": First, they believed that the loudest sound had no sound; Second, they believed that the loudest sound was sparse; Third, they believed that "Xi Sheng" was "soundless" and contained "Da Yin"; Fourth, they believed that "Da Yin Xi Sheng" was heavenly music, which could not be heard with ears, but to comprehend and use the eternal and harmonious huge "Heavenly Music". Fifth, they believed that Da Yin was the sound of the Tao, which mainly referred to the transcendence of sound emotions, and sixth, they believed that no sound was the strongest sound, which meant that saying nothing was the best.
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