林則徐 [ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄗㄜˊ ㄒㄩˊ; lin2 ze2 xu2] 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 ◄ ►