By calling their home "the island of humans," the unassuming Tao do not mean to say that the island belongs to them. Ever at one with their natural surroundings, they simply mean that the island has accepted them; it is an island with humans, present but not ruling over it.
所謂的「人之島」，不是指屬於人的島；始終謙卑與大自然共存的達悟人，知道是島接納了他們，這因此是一座有人的島，有人，但不被其統治。