01 · 28 · 08 · 2026 · South of the Expo districtPINNED
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The platform outlined in red looks so fragile—like a footnote to walking on thin ice in life.
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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.
HALF A LIFETIME OF NOTES
Let it be,without forcing it;
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
Two parts, twelve moments.
A life told through choices, losses and changes rather than a résumé.
Necessity brings change.
From arriving in Lisbon to the Madrid expansion, family, and the pandemic.
Change opens the way.
A new digital beginning with XIAOXIONG®.
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
02 · 06 · 10 · 2026 · Parque das Nações · Oceanarium
Oceanarium II
“The oceanarium sheds the bustle of the day and returns to quiet;”
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03 · 06 · 10 · 2026 · Parque das Nações · Beside the oceanarium
Little Stream
“In the lower-left corner, the shadow holds up a phone;”
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04 · 06 · 10 · 2026 · Parque das Nações · Lisbon Oceanarium
Oceanarium
“In the distance, two cable cars glide towards the end of the line;”
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05 · 05 · 10 · 2026 · Parque das Nações · Vasco da Gama Shopping Centre
Nightfall
“Beneath the streetlights, a family passes, seen from behind;”
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06 · 05 · 10 · 2026 · Parque das Nações · Tagus riverside
Low Tide II
“The sky, so blue;”
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05 · 10 · 2026 · Parque das Nações · Tagus riverside · Sam Wang
LIFE NOTE
Low Tide II
The tide has gone out on the Tagus, exposing a broad stretch of mudflats along the bank. A few seabirds are scattered by the river; the winding channels reflect that touch of blue in the sky.
The Vasco da Gama Bridge looks so slender and long; its pillars gradually merge into a single line.
On the embankment, a runner passes, wearing headphones;
“The sky, so blue;”
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Hexagram 20
Classic text · interpretive translationGuan · Contemplation
Wind moves over the earth: Contemplation. The ancient kings travelled through the regions, observed the people and established their teachings. — Zhou Yi · Guan, Image
The Image of Guan moves from wind travelling over the earth to ancient kings observing their people and establishing teachings. This reading of the note borrows only the act of being there and attending to what is seen. Low water reveals channels usually hidden beneath it; the bridge has not grown thinner, but distance brings its pillars into one line. The scene depends on the river, and also on when and where someone looks.
Birds stand by the water, a runner passes along the embankment: the same river accommodates different activities. The note does not tell us what is playing through the headphones. Ending with “The sky, so blue” leaves us with the colour visible at that moment; this openness need not explain the mood of everyone passing through.
Reading in briefThe tide reveals channels; distance joins the pillars into a line. Each view depends on its conditions.Blue Lotus · 蓝莲花
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Xu Wei’s “Blue Lotus” accompanies the openness of river and sky and the footsteps along the embankment. It is a song for reading this note; whatever is playing through the runner’s headphones remains their own.
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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