一圍之木,持千鈞之屋;五寸之鍵,而制開闔。
A tree one arm-span around can hold a one-thousand-jun structure in place; a five-inch bar can control the opening of a door.
豈材足任哉,蓋所居要也。
It is not that these objects are in themselves capable of such feats, but rather that they each occupy a crucial position.