But humans did not give up training the world's largest land animal. According to Chinese legend, the filiality of Da Shun, a legendary Chinese king, not only moved heaven, but also the hearts of the elephants which then began to work in the fields for men.
侷限於軀體不夠「靈動」，大象服役在人類歷史上逐漸無疾而終，但人類從未放棄試圖駕馭陸地上最龐大的動物。