Lin Zexu

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Qing dynasty official human scholar-official statesman

Lin Zexu was a Qing dynasty official and scholar-statesman renowned for his staunch opposition to the opium trade and his pivotal role in events leading up to the First Opium War.

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Label	Occurrences
Lin Zexu canonical	8

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Qing dynasty official ⓘ human ⓘ scholar-official ⓘ statesman ⓘ
birthDate	1785-08-30 ⓘ
birthPlace	Fujian ⓘ Fuzhou ⓘ Qing dynasty ⓘ
causeOfDownfall	British complaints leading to his dismissal and exile ⓘ
causeOfFame	strict enforcement of opium prohibition ⓘ
commemoratedBy	Lin Zexu Memorial Hall in Fuzhou ⓘ statues in Fuzhou ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Qing dynasty ⓘ
courtesyName	Yuanfu ⓘ
date	1839 ⓘ
deathDate	1850-11-22 ⓘ
educatedAt	Confucian classical education ⓘ
employer	Qing dynasty ⓘ surface form: Qing government
era	Qing dynasty ⓘ surface form: late Qing dynasty
event	Anglo-Chinese War ⓘ surface form: First Opium War
exiledTo	Xinjiang ⓘ
familyName	Lin ⓘ
fieldOfWork	administration ⓘ drug control policy ⓘ foreign affairs ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
givenName	Zexu ⓘ
honorificTitle	national hero of China ⓘ
ideology	Confucianism ⓘ
knownFor	destruction of opium at Humen ⓘ opposition to the opium trade ⓘ role in events leading to the First Opium War ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	Chinese ⓘ
movement	anti-opium movement in Qing China ⓘ
name	Lin Zexu self-link ⓘ
nationality	Chinese ⓘ
notableAction	confiscation of foreign opium in Canton in 1839 ⓘ supervising destruction of opium at Humen in 1839 ⓘ
notableWork	Letter to Queen Victoria (1839) regarding the opium trade ⓘ
participantIn	Anglo-Chinese War ⓘ surface form: First Opium War
placeOfActivity	Canton ⓘ Fujian ⓘ Guangzhou ⓘ Humen ⓘ
positionHeld	Governor of Hubei ⓘ Governor of Hunan ⓘ Imperial Commissioner ⓘ Governor-General of Huguang ⓘ surface form: Viceroy of Huguang Governor-General of Liangguang ⓘ surface form: Viceroy of Liangguang

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Opium Wars → hasParticipant → Lin Zexu ⓘ

subject surface form: destruction of opium at Humen

Opium Wars → keyFigure → Lin Zexu ⓘ

British opium trade in China → opposedBy → Lin Zexu ⓘ

Humen → associatedWith → Lin Zexu ⓘ

Lin Zexu → name → Lin Zexu self-link ⓘ

Daoguang Emperor → advisor → Lin Zexu ⓘ

Anglo-Chinese War → hasCommander → Lin Zexu ⓘ

Governor-General of Liangguang → officeHeldBy → Lin Zexu ⓘ