Paintings among the series of ink-and-brush works by Lin that are dedicated to the Chinese 24 Solar Terms.[Photo provided to China Daily]

Lin started doing caricatures for magazines when he was in middle school. And later, Lin followed his father's suggestion and studied clinical medicine in college.

However, instead of becoming a doctor like his classmates, Lin started doing administrative work at the university.

He says he made the decision because he felt he was too "unrestrained and vigorous" to be a doctor.

Since then, Lin has made full use of his free time to pursue his hobbies and "do anything I find interesting".

He became one of the first-generation web designers in China in the 1990s. And thanks to that, he was later transferred to the university's internet center, before eventually taking on his current position.

Speaking about how his career has progressed, Lin says he does not regret doing jobs not connected with his college major.

"A man has only one life, and it is not fully lived if you do only one thing or have only one career," he says. "I dream of being a person who cannot be defined with a simple title."