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.

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Under the pines beside the Tagus, two shirtless fishermen tend their rods while two passers-by look at the newly caught fish
Under the pines beside the Tagus, two shirtless fishermen tend their rods while two passers-by look at the newly caught fish
12 · 09 · 2026 · Parque das Nações · Tagus riverfront · Sam Wang
LIFE NOTE

Fishermen IV

Under the pines beside the Tagus are two fishermen, one heavier and one leaner, shirtless and doing battle, each guarding his own rod.

The leaner fisherman had just landed a fish, drawing two passers-by over to look. One stood; the other bent down, wearing a backpack like a traveller.

I watched them quietly and heard the camera click.

‘So happiness really is contagious;’

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I CHING READING · Author’s interpretation
Hexagram 13

Tong Ren · Fellowship

Classic text · interpretive translation
Fellowship with people in the open: success.

Tong Ren in the open can be read through this meeting of strangers. A fish briefly gathers the attention of fisher, passers-by and photographer without requiring a shared identity.

Afterwards, each will follow their own path. Brevity does not diminish the moment or require it to become a lasting relationship.

Reading in briefA brief connection can carry full meaning.
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Ode to Happiness · 快乐颂

Harlem Yu & Mavis Fan · 1080p HD

He caught the fish, yet I felt happy too. This live duet invites the onlooker to join in; we can still take wholehearted pleasure in a small thing;

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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
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