Who is lin zexu

In Lin Zexu, a scholar and Qing mandarin, wrote an open letter to Queen Victoria of Britain, calling on her to suspend the opium trade in China. Kishlansky Introduction: Lin Zexu () was the Chinese Commissioner in Canton whose actions precipitated the Opium Wars (). Lin Zexu was a leading Chinese scholar and official of the Qing (Manchu) dynasty, known for his role in the events leading up to the first Opium War.