In 1977 von Senger bought his first book concerning the "Thirty-Six Stratagems," which became his bible, and when he left Taiwan to study at Tokyo University he continued to collect information about them. "
民國六十二年，勝雅律在國際學舍的「書展」買了第一本「卅六計研究」，成了他此後的案頭書。直到離開台灣，轉往日本東京大學研究，還不忘蒐集有關資料。