Although some are critical of such stories, saying that people should not get carried away with their legend making, it is a fact that the Asian elephant has been trained to work in the fields.
在中國，大舜孝心動天，大象也為之動容，前來助耕，雖有異議之士批評後人不應為聖賢穿鑿附會、製造神話；但亞洲象確實被教會農事。