Not many people in Taiwan have heard of R.H. van Gulik. And even among those who have, most will smile slightly with embarrassment at the mention of his name before succumbing to their curiosity by asking: "Wasn't he the foreigner who specialized in studying Chinese arts of the bedchamber?!"
在台灣，知道高羅佩的人不算多，提起這個在西方家喻戶曉的名字，聞者多半先是浮起一絲靦腆的笑容，卻又忍不住好奇問道：「是那位專門研究中國房中術的外國人吧？！」