 Although this was a widely accepted theory, scholars like Lin Yutang and Qi Peirong openly disagreed with Huang.Lin Yutang, in his publication "The consonants that have disappeared from ancient phonology" (古音中已经遗失的声母), pointed out Huang's failure to incorporate analyses of vowels in his theory and that his line of logic constitutes a circular, thus erroneous argument.Lin also cast doubt on the field's standard on categorization in general.