Commissioner Lin Zexu ( 1785 –1850), courtesy name Yuanfu, was a Chinese scholar and official of the Qing dynasty. Museum of History, Hong Kong Chinese China ( Lin's forceful opposition to the opium trade was a primary catalyst for the First Opium War of 1839–42. )

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