Meeting with history The publication of He Ting-jui's research paper in 1960 did not postdate the era of Atayal cultural proscription by long. At the time, authentic materials and elders were both common. However, in the 1990s, as Ma and others take up the task, there are few old people left, and authentic materials are scarce. Moreover, the memories of the older folks have become clouded.
何廷瑞的研究論文在民國四十九年發表，距離泰雅族文面完全禁絕的年代尚未遠，當時田野資料、耆老都還豐富，但是等到九○年代，馬騰岳等人接手，不僅耆老已達耄耋之年，田野資料稀少，老人記憶也已模糊，這是如今要瞭解文面文化的困難之一。