As time passed, the phenomenon of today's numerous business "cliques" and "clans," appeared such as the Tainan, Sanchung and Chiayi cliques of Taiwan; and the Jiangsu, Shandong, and Hebei cliques formed by those who had crossed the sea from mainland China. All of these were the products of their time.
像台灣本地的「台南幫」、「三重幫」、「嘉義幫」，及大陸飄洋過海來台形成的「江浙幫」、「山東幫」、「河北幫」，都是時空背景下的產物。