T. C. Lan is so engrossed in his hobby of shell collecting that he has decorated his apartment in Taipei with some 2,000 shells, making it look something like a "dragon palace."
他的名字也因他蒐集、研究貝殼有成，而享譽於國際貝殼收藏界。一個豐富美麗的貝殼世界在台北市南京東路三段附近的遼寧街，有一條曲折僻靜的巷子，雖然緊臨著最忙碌的商場地段，然而卻擁有一份少有的靜謐安祥。