Von Senger points out that the Western media have long looked at China through tinted glasses and have not avoided the Fu Manchu stereotype of the cunning Chinaman. But in Stratagems von Senger tries to turn this a round and use a Chinese ruler to measure the western world, showing that even the Bible is full of tricks.
勝教授指出，長久以來，歐洲傳播界慣戴有色眼鏡看中國，不免對中國人產生了傅滿州之類「詭計多端」的刻板印象；而在「智謀」一書中，他反過來以中國的尺，審視西方世界，發現連聖經故事也充滿著計謀。