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What are Lin Zexu's historical achievements?
Lin Zexu (1785~ 1850) was a great patriot in the late Qing Dynasty. He was a scholar during the Jiaqing period. In his early years, he served as the suggestion and governor of the Qing government, and he was clean and honest, with remarkable achievements. 1837 became the governor of Huguang at the beginning, and then insisted on banning opium. After the Opium War broke out, he wrote a letter saying that smoking was forbidden, and he was ordered to go to Guangdong to ban smoking as an imperial envoy. 1June 3, 839, presided over the famous "Humen Destroyed Opium". In addition, Guan Tianpei, the joint commander of the navy, planned coastal defense and repeatedly defeated the armed provocations of the British army. He also set up a translation hall, introduced a large number of foreign books, newspapers, decrees and military works to China, and compiled The Chronicles of Four Continents, which became a pioneer for modern China to learn from the West. In his later years, he was banished to Xinjiang for slander and died in Puning County, Guangdong Province. There are Lin Wenzhong's official letters, correspondence records, Lin Zexu's diaries and other works handed down from ancient times.