林則徐 lín zé xú

Lin Zexu or Lin Tse-hsu "Commissioner Lin" (1785-1850), Qing official whose anti-opium activities led to first Opium war with Britain 1840-1842

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Definitions

  1. 1. Lin Zexu or Lin Tse-hsu "Commissioner Lin" (1785-1850), Qing official whose anti-opium activities led to first Opium war with Britain 1840-1842

Characters

Character Meaning
woods; forest; surname Lin
then; but; rule, standard
surname Xu; slowly; gently