Tā xiě xià le 'gǒu lì guójiā shēngsǐ yǐ' de míngjù.
He wrote the famous line 'If it benefits the country, I will face life or death.'
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In June 1839 Lin confiscated and destroyed 1,000+ tons of British opium at Humen (虎门), Guangdong. Britain responded with gunboats — the resulting Treaty of Nanjing (1842) ceded Hong Kong. Lin is remembered as an incorruptible patriot.
