Gray probably never thought that his harsh judgment would from then on become the treasured weapon of the opponents of the China theory. Down to today there are still scholars who see this as the focal point of the debate.
葛雷恐怕沒有料到，自己的機智巧辯，竟成此後兩百年反對「中國起源說」的尚方寶劍：西方學者至今以此為議論重心。