He says: "On the surface, under the influence of Christianity and the rule of law, any kind of stratagem was considered to be the work of devils in Western society, so the study of stratagem was suppressed in Western culture.
他表示，表面上，西方講究法律、制度、程序，鼓勵誠實。尤其在基督教的強力影響下，權術計謀被認為是「魔鬼的工具」，是不可涉及的「禁區」，因此計謀學在西方文化中一直被壓抑下來。