Making drums, a form of leatherworking, is an honest workingman's trade, and Wang Ah-tu earned an excellent reputation and great respect within the field. But he himself always believed that making drums was a low-status profession.
雖然「攻皮之工」的製鼓業為百工之一，王阿塗在製鼓界頗負盛名也備受尊重，但他始終認為製鼓是卑微的行業。