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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Graduation celebrations beside the Volcano Fountain
Graduation celebrations beside the Volcano Fountain
11 · 08 · 2026 · Parque das Nações · Lisbon · Sam Wang
LIFE NOTE

Graduation Season

The “Volcano Fountain” in Parque das Nações is one of the distinctive landmarks of Lisbon’s Expo ’98.

Graduation celebrations and ceremonies are taking place here. The fountain and the people around it make a lively scene, marking both growing up and the beginning of a new stage in life.

My eldest daughter’s university entrance exam results placed her among the top three in her school. “How did the exams go?” “All right.” The last time we spoke, the corners of her mouth lifted slightly. I should have known then.

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I CHING READING · Author’s interpretation
Hexagram 35

Jin · Progress

Classic text · interpretive translation
Light emerges above the earth: Progress. — Zhou Yi · Jin, Image

Jin allows attention to how progress becomes known. The modest answer and later result make the father reread the smile; new information changes a detail’s meaning.

Growth does not always coincide with adults becoming aware of it. Distinction brings visibility while experiences remain to be told and heard.

Reading in briefA result illuminates a moment; growth has its own account.
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At the Crossroads of Flame Trees in Bloom · 凤凰花开的路口

Terry Lin · 1080p HD

There is a celebration by the fountain; another class is graduating. My eldest said, ‘It was all right.’ I remember that;

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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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