Thirty years of military service turned Mr. Huo Ran into a moreopen-minded and resolved man. But when you spend time with him,you will discover that he is quite scholarly and plain. Mr. Huo is notonly a serviceman, but also a poet, a painter, a photographer and asuccessful calligrapher. He rarely elaborates the subtleties of hiscalligraphy works, so that they are always overwhelming and like natureitself.