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[[File:Lin-zexu.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Statue of Commissioner Lin in New York Chinatown, labeled "Pioneer in the War Against Drugs."]]
*''Born: [[1785]]''
*''Born: [[1785]]''
*''Died: [[1850]]''
*''Died: [[1850]]''
He was then appointed imperial commissioner of Canton in [[1838]], and soon afterwards confiscated and destroyed several million pounds of opium from Western merchants. War ensued between China and the United Kingdom, ending in the [[1842]] [[Treaty of Nanjing]], which embarrassed the [[Qing Dynasty|Qing Court]], opened five Chinese ports to Western trade & settlement, and involved a number of other significant concessions.
He was then appointed imperial commissioner of Canton in [[1838]], and soon afterwards confiscated and destroyed several million pounds of opium from Western merchants. War ensued between China and the United Kingdom, ending in the [[1842]] [[Treaty of Nanjing]], which embarrassed the [[Qing Dynasty|Qing Court]], opened five Chinese ports to Western trade & settlement, and involved a number of other significant concessions.
Blamed for his role in sparking the conflict, Lin was appointed Governor-General of Ili, in [[Xinjiang province]], effectively an exile to China's remotest region. He was, however, permitted to return to [[Beijing]] prior to his death.
Blamed for his role in sparking the conflict, Lin was appointed Governor-General of Ili, in [[Xinjiang]], effectively an exile to China's remotest region. He was, however, permitted to return to [[Beijing]] prior to his death.
==References==
*Kate Lingley, ''The Reformer's Brush: Modernity and Traditional Media in China'', University of Hawaii Art Gallery (2011), 39.
[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Other Historical Figures]]
