Let it be, without forcing it;
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ENGLISH EDITION

Let it be,without forcing it;

Memoirs of a Chinese restaurateur in Portugal, read through life’s changes and the I Ching.

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If you can make ‘creation’ as natural as breathing, it is not because intention is absent; it is because all intention has already dissolved into the breath.
Sam Wang
02 · SERIAL READING

Two parts, twelve moments.

A life told through choices, losses and changes rather than a résumé.

CHAPTER I

Necessity brings change.

From arriving in Lisbon to the Madrid expansion, family, and the pandemic.

CHAPTER II

Change opens the way.

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03 · LIFE NOTES

The city passes.
Memory remains.

Photographs and short texts about Lisbon, restaurants, architecture, and the moments that do not fit inside the chapters.

90 translated notes · English edition
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The Tagus, Vasco da Gama Bridge, and a passer-by on the boardwalk beneath a clear post-rain sky
The Tagus, Vasco da Gama Bridge, and a passer-by on the boardwalk beneath a clear post-rain sky
27 · 08 · 2026 · Parque das Nações · Tagus River · Vasco da Gama Bridge · Sam Wang
LIFE NOTE

Clear Sky

After the rain, the Tagus is very quiet.

In the distance, the Ponte Vasco da Gama—the Vasco da Gama Bridge—rests across the water like a rainbow lying low, almost translucent in the sunlight.

On the boardwalk, a passer-by moves at an unhurried pace. The wind has stopped, but the road remains underfoot.

“The sky is very blue;”

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I CHING READING · Author’s interpretation
Hexagram 11

Tai · Peace

Classic text · interpretive translation
Heaven and earth unite: Peace. The ruler orders their course and assists what they make possible, supporting the people. — Zhou Yi · Tai, Image

Tai’s meeting can be read in the bridge: separated shores gain a passage, making openness usable. Clear sky reveals the route; people crossing realise its connection.

The reference to working with natural conditions recalls what ease depends on. A calm walk brings favourable weather and an available path together.

Reading in briefAccess has conditions; ease has supports.
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Blue Lotus · 蓝莲花

Xu Wei · 1080p HD

The blue after rain gives me room to breathe. The song recalls that after difficulty I still want an open, spacious life;

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Author 04
RESTAURANTS · ARCHITECTURE · HISTORY · I CHING

Half a lifetime
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Hello, I’m Wang Sanxiong — Sam 🤝

The book’s epigraph is my motto, and the starting point for how I understand life, restaurants, and entrepreneurship.

I am a Chinese immigrant living in Portugal, originally from Qingtian, Zhejiang, and a restaurant owner. I love architecture and the history behind it; I love the I Ching, and use Eastern wisdom to interpret the stories hidden behind history.

A battle for small and medium-sized restaurants to reclaim their own customer channels;
The second half of life should be more exciting than the first — that is only reasonable;

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XIAOXIONG®; it is not an advertisement in this book. It is proof that, in the second half of life, I am still willing to change.

FOUNDER OF XIAOXIONGWang Sanxiong · Sam Wang
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