"The parent company went under, and its organization was left without its head. With everybody aiming for a piece of the action, various lesser brands began to appear," says Huang, calling that the "Warring States Period" of popular almanacs.
「總店倒了，群龍無首，大家搶生意，各種小品牌紛紛出籠」，黃一農形容這是通書的戰國時代。