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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Blue sky between office buildings in Parque das Nações, with sunlight on glass facades and overlapping architectural lines
Blue sky between office buildings in Parque das Nações, with sunlight on glass facades and overlapping architectural lines
09 · 09 · 2026 · Parque das Nações · Expo · Sam Wang
LIFE NOTE

Expo CBD

Office buildings stand one beside another, glass reflecting glass, with a patch of blue sky left between them.

Sunlight falls on the glass facades. The buildings’ overlapping, staggered lines create a crisp urban play of light and shadow.

Now this is what a CBD should look like.

“‘Stealing a little leisure amid the bustle’ is work at its finest;”

I CHING READINGOpen another reading
I CHING READING · Author’s interpretation
Hexagram 52

Gen · Keeping Still

Classic text · interpretive translation
Stop when it is time to stop; move when it is time to move. — Tuan Commentary on Gen

Gen considers when to act and when to stop. Looking at the sky between tasks makes a pause; if every rest must increase productivity, it remains subordinate to work.

The author’s expression invites a question about what determines the time to stop. Fatigue, interest and the task at hand offer more concrete criteria than a permanent demand for activity or relaxation.

Reading in briefRest can exist without reporting results.
MUSIC VIDEO CHOSEN FOR THIS STORY

Strolling Down the Road of Life · 漫步人生路

Teresa Teng · 1080p HD

The song’s lightness meets the ease of this stolen moment. There is still a road ahead, but the light and shadow before us deserve a slower look too;

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READER ECHOES

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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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