According to Chang Yueh-yun, editor in chief of the National Palace Museum Monthly of Chinese Art, ancient Chinese drinking games began to develop at the end of the Han dynasty (206 B.C.
根據故宮文物月刊主編張月雲的研究，我國古代用於娛樂、助興的酒令，從漢末開始蓬勃發展，至唐朝為最盛時期。