1, Lin zexu (1785 August 30-1850165438+1October 22), the word fu, the word Shao Mu, the old man in village, retired in village and retired at 72 peaks.

2, the official to Yipin, once served as Governor of Huguang, Governor of Shaanxi and Gansu and Governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, and twice served as an imperial minister; He was called the "national hero" of China because he advocated smoking ban.

3. 1839 When smoking was banned in Guangdong, Lin Zexu sent an unannounced visit to force foreign opium dealers to hand over opium, and the confiscated opium was destroyed in Humen on June 3.

4. The destruction of opium in Humen made Sino-British relations extremely tense, which became an excuse for British aggression against China during the First Opium War.

5. Although Lin Zexu fought against western invasion all his life, he was open to western culture, technology and trade, and advocated taking the essence and using it.

According to the literature, he knows at least a little English and Portuguese, and devotes himself to translating western newspapers and books. Wei Yuan, a thinker in the late Qing Dynasty, compiled the documents translated by Lin Zexu and his aides into "Seaside Map", which inspired the Westernization Movement in the late Qing Dynasty and even the Meiji Restoration in Japan.

7.1850165438+1On October 22nd, Lin Zexu died in the old county town of Puning.