Excellent presentation with illustrative pictures, thank you Prof. Mao, Lin Z X is our hero, you can see his statute standing tall at the entrance of Hong Kong' s historical museum in Hung Hom, his picture is in both Chinese stamps and coins. Unfortunately Emperor Dao-Guang and his officials were so stupid, and Chinese weapons were so backward compared with the British military at that time!
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Actually, I want to make up some of your opinions. Lin is definitely our hero, but Dao-Guang is actually not very stupid. Many of his decisions are made because he doesn't have solutions. He was under the pressure of foreign invaders and some royal nobles of Qing. History is complicated. Sometimes, it's cruel but with warmth. In fact, many people think Lin was belittled but continued to play the role of Xinjiang as Daoguang's protection. At least, it can be seen from the fact that Daoguang did not punish Lin too much and repeatedly reused him in the later period that he did not hate him.