Wu Yee-Sun
| Wu Yee-sun | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Wu, Yee-sun 1900 Xingtan, Guangdong province, China |
| Died | 5-11-2005 (105) Hong Kong |
| Occupation | Founder of Wing Lung Bank (formerly Wing Lung Money Exchange) |
| Parent(s) | Wu York-Yu (father) |
Wu Yee-sun (Chinese: 伍宜孫) (born 1900 in Xingtan, Shunde, Guangdong, China and died 2005 in Hong Kong) was a Hong Kong entrepreneur and billionaire who founded the Wing Lung Bank.
Although he was born into a well-known family, times were difficult and he had to leave school at 14. The family suffered through a number of disasters and, as the oldest son, Yee-Sun left Guandong Province to seek work in Hong Kong to help support his family in the 1920s. In 1933, he and some friends established "Wing Lung Money Exchange" (later Wing Lung Bank) in Central, Hong Kong. In later years contributions towards setting up or improving hospitals, clinics, universities and schools in Mainland China and Hong Kong were made in the name of Wu or his father. On May 11, 2005, Dr. Wu died in Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital at the age of 105.
Wu Yee-sun's father, Wu York-Yu (Chinese: 伍若瑜), and grandfather, Wu Yee-Hong (Chinese: 伍宜康), were both practitioners of the "grow and clip" method of training trees into artistic forms (penjing), which came to be known as the "Lingnan School". The method requires great patience, dedication, careful attention to detail, and a lighter, more natural approach to the caring of these plants. The technique is different from the Japanese bonsai technique of wrapping branches with wire to bend them to the desired shape. The tropical trees more favored in the "Lingnan School" are quicker growers and respond better to "grow and clip" than the more temperate specimens used by the Japanese.
In 1967 Wu and his friends established the Man Lung ("scholar-farmer") Garden as a place to meet, discuss, study, and exhibit. Two years later, he published and distributed Man Lung Garden Artistic Pot Plants, the definitive book on Chinese penjing of the Lingnan style, "fearing that the Chinese art of training pot plants might [otherwise] someday be lost." In 1974 an enlarged edition of the book came out as Man Lung Artistic Pot Plants with the addition of the history and evolution of artistic pot plants, notes from presentations, and over 100 additional photographs. Some 10,000 copies were donated to leading libraries, universities, and bonsai lovers all over the world to commemorate Wu's retirement from the chairmanship of Wing Lung Bank.
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