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Another of Dr. Wu’s Chinese Elms (Ulmus parvifolia), in training since 1956, seems ready to fly
free of its pot, thanks to its elevated roots.
SPOTLIGHT ON Yee-Sun Wu
Dr. Yee-Sun Wu (1904–2005) was a native of Guangdong Province of
China who made his way as a teenager to Hong Kong to support his
family. He achieved tremendous success as a founder of the Wing
Lung Bank. Following family tradition, he became an avid penjing
practitioner and amassed a collection of nearly 400 specimens. He
espoused the “clip and grow” or Lingnan School of training penjing,
meaning that no wire is used to shape the limbs or trunk.
To encourage an interest in penjing, he established a public garden
in Hong Kong where visitors could view the tiny trees. He also
published two books, Man Lung Artistic Pot Plants, that provides a
history of penjing in China, and Man Lung Penjing, that presents his
collection, revealing his distinctive creative style. “Man Lung” means
“literate farmer” or “scholar farmer” in southern Chinese, which Dr. Wu
