林则徐
Traditional form:
林則徐
Pinyin (reading):
Lín Zéxú
Definitions:
- 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:
- 林 - forest, grove; surname
- 则 - rule, law, regulation; grades
- 徐 - slowly, quietly, calmly; dignified, composed
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