Zexu

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Zexu is the given name of Lin Zexu, the prominent Qing dynasty official known for his role in suppressing the opium trade in China.

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instanceOf human
alternateName Lin Tse-hsu NERFINISHED
birthDate 1785-08-30
birthPlace Fujian NERFINISHED
Fuzhou NERFINISHED
Qing dynasty NERFINISHED
commemoratedOn Chinese postage stamps
countryOfCitizenship Qing dynasty NERFINISHED
dateOfEvent 1839
deathDate 1850-11-22
employer Qing imperial government NERFINISHED
era late Qing dynasty
ethnicGroup Han Chinese
familyName Lin NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork administration
anti-narcotics policy
genderAssociation masculine given name
givenName Zexu NERFINISHED
hasGivenName Zexu NERFINISHED
honorificTitle national hero of China
influenced later Chinese anti-drug policies
knownFor destruction of opium at Humen
role in events leading to the First Opium War
suppression of the opium trade in China
language Chinese
languageOfWorkOrName Chinese
monarchServed Daoguang Emperor NERFINISHED
movement Self-strengthening and reformist tendencies in late Qing
nativeName 林则徐 NERFINISHED
notableEvent Humen Opium Destruction NERFINISHED
notableWork memorials to the Daoguang Emperor on opium
occupation official
scholar
placeOfDeath Guangdong NERFINISHED
Puning NERFINISHED
positionHeld governor-general of Huguang
governor-general of Liangguang
imperial commissioner
romanization Lin Tse-hsu (Wade–Giles) NERFINISHED
Lin Zexu (pinyin)
script Chinese characters
subjectOf Lin Zexu Memorial Museum in Fuzhou NERFINISHED
statues and memorials in China
usedBy Lin Zexu NERFINISHED

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Lin Zexu givenName Zexu