Opium War

Lin Zexu: the Qing imperial commissioner of the Humen opium destruction who inspected Macau in 1839

Lin Zexu

A Qing official and statesman who served as imperial commissioner during the Opium War era. In 1839 he was sent to Guangdong to suppress the opium trade and destroyed a vast quantity of opium at Humen. On 3 September that year, accompanied by the Viceroy of Liangguang Deng Tingzhen, he inspected Macau and received Portuguese officials at Lin Fung Temple. The Lin Zexu Memorial Museum, inside Lin Fung Temple in Macau, commemorates this episode.