核心畫面

One way to see it: a plain, trusted man in the middle of the order. He is nobody's lord and nobody's servant. The land is his and so is the digging; the post is his and so is the work. That middle place, trusted and hands-on, is what every later use borrows.

可以想成一個站在中間的老實人。他上面沒有主子在使喚他,他下面也沒有人替他做事。地是他的,鋤頭也是他自己拿的。位置是他更多收起可以想成一個站在中間的老實人。他上面沒有主子在使喚他,他下面也沒有人替他做事。地是他的,鋤頭也是他自己拿的。位置是他的,事情也是他自己做的。這個「被信任、而且真的動手」的中間位置,就是後面每一個用法都借去用的畫面。