Lin Zexu, Chinese character strokes, also known as Shao Mu, posthumous title: Wen Zhong. Born in 1785, he was a descendant of Jiumulin, a prominent family in Putian in Tang Dynasty, and was a household registration official in Fujian in the middle of Qing Dynasty. Lin Zexu wrote in the "First Examination" written in the seventh year of Daoguang: "Fu Jun was afraid of Binri,no. Yanggu, and was born in Lin's family in Jiumu, Putian. He moved from Putian to Qidian Township, Fuqing (now Qidou Village, Haikou Town) and moved to this province (Fuzhou) in the early Qing Dynasty. " Lin Zexu was "the first person who opened his eyes to see the world" and a great patriot in modern China. In the eighteenth year of Daoguang (1838 65438+ February), he was ordered to send an imperial envoy to Guangdong to ban smoking. He resolutely banned opium, destroyed and confiscated 2.37 million Jin of opium cigarettes in Humen Gong, won the anti-smoking campaign and became famous at home and abroad. In the third year of Jiaqing (1798), Lin Zexu entered the Aofeng Academy. In the 9th year of Jiaqing (1804), he served as secretary of tongzhi of coastal defense in Xiamen, and later joined the Zhang Shicheng shogunate, the governor of Fujian. In the 16th year of Jiaqing (18 1 1), Jishi Shu, a scholar, was selected for editing. He has served as deputy examiner in Jiangxi Province and examiner in Yunnan Province. In the twenty-fifth year of Jiaqing (1820), he was appointed as the supervisor of Jiangnan Road, transferred to Hangjiahu Road in Zhejiang Province, repaired seawalls, built water conservancy and developed agriculture, which was quite political. A patriotic politician who advocated banning opium and resisting aggression during the Opium War. Historians call him the first minister of modern China.

Lin Zexu was China's "first man who opened his eyes to see the world" in modern times, which was Wei Yuan's evaluation of him.