A Western scholar once lamented the fact that R.H. van Gulik had achieved world renown not for his erudition as a sinologist but for the "by-products" of his erudition--his detective novels.
曾經有一位西方學者頗為高羅佩慨嘆，因為這位漢學家滿腹詩書，卻以他的「副產品」﹘﹘偵探小說知名於世。