What is the moral of this image?
The original meaning of the word "elephant" is the name of an animal. Xu Shen wrote in Shuo Wen Jie Zi: "Elephant, with long nose and teeth, is a big animal in South Vietnam. It suckles every three years and looks like a quadruped with ears and teeth. " Because the elephant's "elephant" is homophonic with the auspicious "auspicious", in China's traditional culture, the elephant is endowed with many auspicious meanings: the elephant's nose looks like wishful thinking when rolled up, so it is often used to refer to auspiciousness, and people rely on the "elephant" to bring auspiciousness to the world, which represents China people's yearning for a better life; In our daily life, we can often see the stone carvings of elephants in front of large buildings such as hotels. It is precisely because the elephant is huge and has no aggressive publicity, but it is convincing and calm, giving people a stable and reliable impression, so it has the meaning of wealth, stability and backing. The image of an elephant carrying a vase is also used to express "peace as an elephant", symbolizing world peace; In addition, because the elephant's nose can absorb water, it has a good meaning of good luck and wishful thinking in China's traditional geomantic culture, which represents our yearning for beauty, peace, wealth and happiness.
3. "Elephant" is often associated with people's good wishes in China culture, and even evolved into totems and mascots of some ethnic groups. Lao Tzu's "image" adds a layer of Taoist and natural meanings to it. Avenue is invisible, elephant is tangible. It is indisputable to pursue the nature of an elephant. It is naturally stable, peaceful and poised. Whoever has mastered the avenue will follow, and people will not interfere with each other, so it will naturally be stable and peaceful.