In low spirits and living in the midst of poverty and illness, Hsiao suddenly felt a surge of inspiration driving him to finish this composition, which was of a larger magnitude than anything he had previously attempted. Even today, Hsiao describes its completion as "a miracle."
就在這種貧病交迫、情緒低盪中，蕭泰然心中卻有一股瘋狂的動力，驅使他去完成自己從未嘗試過的大型曲子，直到今天，蕭泰然還把這首曲子的誕生稱為「奇蹟」。