Stamp Title: 200th Anniv. of Birth of Lin Zexu
Serial number: T114
Values in set: 2
(2-1), Portrait of Lin Zexu, 8 fen, 27*40 mm
(2-2), Destroying Opium in Humen, 80 fen, 60*27 mm
Date of issue: August 30, 1985
Denomination: 88 fen
Designers: Ren Yu
Size of stamps:
27*40mm for Value 1;
60*27mm for Value 2
Perforation: 11
Sheet composition:
56 (8*7) for Value 1;
40 (5*8) for Value 2
Printing process: Photogravure
Printing House: Beijing Postage Stamp Printing Works
Lin Zexu or Lin Tse-hs¨¹ born Aug. 30, 1785, Houguan, Fujian province, China died Nov. 22, 1850, Chaozhu, Guangdong province
Leading Chinese scholar and official of the Qing dynasty, accepted as a national hero for his stance against the British before the Anglo-Chinese Opium War (1839¨C42).
Lin passed the highest examination in the Chinese examination system and entered the Hanlin Academy and government. Having suggested to the emperor ways to suppress the opium trade, Lin found himself appointed imperial commissioner and dispatched to Guangzhou (Canton) to deal with the problem directly. He was so successful that, in retaliation for his destruction of their opium stocks, the British ravaged large parts of southern China, and Lin was quickly dismissed. He served loyally at his post of exile and was soon called back to important service. He died on his way to help suppress the Taiping Rebellion.
J115 林则徐诞生二百周年
1985.8.30。 影写版。P11。[G]。任宇。北京邮票厂。
(2-1)27mm*40mm、56(8*7)、[A]费孝通(题字);
(2-2)60mm*27mm、40(5*8)、[A]曾竹邵(雕刻)。
2-1为“林则徐画像”。邮票图案是中国革命博物馆藏的一幅林则徐写生像,画面背景为费孝通抄录的林则徐《赴戍登程口占示家》中的两句诗:“苟利国家生死以,岂因祸福避趋之!”。意思是说:如与国家的生死存亡有关,岂能因个人得失,避祸就福。
2-2为“虎门销烟”。邮票图案为人民英雄纪念碑《虎门销烟》的浮雕。
P.S.
赴戍登程口占示家人
清·林则徐
(其一)
出门一笑莫心哀,浩荡襟怀到处开。
时事难从无过立,达官非自有生来。
风涛回首空三岛,尘壤从头数九垓。
休信儿童轻薄语,嗤他赵老送灯台。
(其二)
力微任重久神疲,再竭衰庸定不支。
苟利国家生死以,岂因祸福避趋之!
谪居正是君恩厚,养拙刚于戍卒宜。
戏与山妻谈故事,试吟断送老头皮。
林则徐 (清朝道光时期大臣、民族英雄)
林则徐(1785年8月30日-1850年11月22日),字元抚,又字少穆、石麟,晚号俟村老人、俟村退叟、七十二峰退叟、瓶泉居士、栎社散人等,福建侯官县人,是清朝时期的政治家、思想家和诗人,历史治水名人。官至一品,曾任湖广总督、陕甘总督和云贵总督,两次受命钦差大臣;因其主张严禁鸦片,在中国有“民族英雄”之誉。
1839年,林则徐于广东禁烟时,派人明察暗访,强迫外国鸦片商人交出鸦片,并将没收鸦片于1839年6月3日在虎门销毁。虎门销烟使中英关系陷入极度紧张状态,成为第一次鸦片战争,英国入侵中国的借口。
尽管林则徐一生力抗西方入侵,但对于西方的文化、科技和贸易则持开放态度,主张学其优而用之。根据文献记载,他至少略通英、葡两种外语,且着力翻译西方报刊和书籍。1839年主持编译的《四洲志》,此书对晚清的洋务运动乃至日本的明治维新都具有启发作用.
1850年11月22日,林则徐在普宁老县城病逝
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