"Ya-ling games died out during the course of this century as Chinese people became less and less familiar with the classics," Professor Huang says, and guess-fingers, the easiest type of t'ung-ling, won out as the sole survivor.
「民國以來，國人的古文修養陡降，在文人雅士之間盛行的雅令與籌令便隨時代變遷而消聲匿跡」，台大心理系教授黃光國認為，雅令、籌令屬於上流社會的精緻文化，精緻文化的傳承要比通俗文化來得困難，通令中最簡單省事的酒拳，自然會成為當今酒令中獨擅勝場的一員。