Official to Yipin, served as Governor of Huguang, Governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, Governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, and served as an imperial minister twice; He was called the "national hero" of China because he advocated smoking ban.
1839 When smoking was banned in Guangdong, Lin Zexu sent an unannounced visit to force foreign opium dealers to hand over opium, and the confiscated opium was destroyed in Humen on June 3.
The destruction of opium in Humen put Sino-British relations in a state of extreme tension, which became an excuse for British aggression against China during the First Opium War.
Although Lin Zexu struggled against western invasion all his life, he was open to western culture, science and technology and trade, and advocated learning and using it.
According to the literature, he knows at least a little English and Portuguese, and is committed to translating western newspapers and books. Wei Yuan, a thinker in the late Qing Dynasty, compiled the documents translated by Lin Zexu and his aides into "Seaside Map", which inspired the Westernization Movement in the late Qing Dynasty and even the Meiji Restoration in Japan.
1850165438+1On October 22nd, Lin Zexu died in the old county town of Puning.
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Lin Zexu's Personal Works:
1, main works
Lin Zexu loves poetry and calligraphy all his life, and has written works such as Yunzuoshanfang Paper Money, Yunzuoshanfang Paper Money, Yunnan Grass Singing, Lin Wenzhong's Official Letter and Hogg Ji Cheng. Manuscripts, diaries, official letters, letters, poems, etc. after the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC). Was compiled as a collection of Lin Zexu's works.
Lin Zexu's works include memorials, official letters, banknotes, poems, letters, diaries, and his translation of Chronicle of the Four Continents. These translations are scattered all over the country and have not been systematically sorted out for a long time.
The Complete Works of Lin Zexu consists of six volumes, including memorials, literary records, poems, letters, diaries and translations.
2. Calligraphy works
The main achievement of Lin Zexu's calligraphy is cursive script, which is based on the preface to the collection of kings and belongs to
Traditional factions are beautiful and commendable. At the same time, from Lin's regular script works, we can also see his skill of facing the pool.
1827 (the seventh year of Daoguang), Lin said in "The Postscript of Shen Mo": "The beginner imitates the Tang people, which is equivalent to Zhong Zhi's work, but it still doesn't hold water, so he must sprint and lie still."
It can be seen that Lin has his own experience in learning books, and it is his proposition to start with the Tang people. In fact, Lin did not ignore the traditional knowledge of "putting law first". His regular script is not limited to a certain framework, nor is it purely a custom of the Tang Dynasty. He occasionally reveals the demeanor of Jin people in his brush strokes, especially in the later period.
Lin's calligraphy takes advantage of the situation, emphasizing serenity and not affectation. Although it does not belong to Xiongqiang Road, its lines reflect the innate integrity and integrity of the Chinese nation.
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