Moods can be gauged by newspapermen and ambassadors and senior civil servants that are not discernible at formal meetings.
报人、大使和高级文官可以摸得出在正式会议上无法辨别的气候。
Mokurai, the Zen master of Kennin temple in Kyoto, used to enjoy talking with merchants and newspapermen as well as with his pupils. A certain tubmaker was almost illiterate.