As a beginner, I was initially quite unclear about the concept of trust, but I eventually understood some of the principles.

In simple terms, a trust is when you hand over your assets to a "legitimate custodian," who manages and distributes them according to rules you set in advance — this is rigid. The key points are threefold: first, ownership is transferred away from you; second, the operational rules are pre-written and fixed; third, legal enforcement guarantees execution.

In other words, a trust = "fully automatic estate execution" written into legal clauses + "anti-spending protection" + "asset isolation container." It's somewhat like locking your money into a smart contract, which runs according to predetermined logic regardless of what happens. This is indeed quite useful for asset protection and inheritance planning.