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Also Known As Qing Xuanzong • Minning • Xuanzong • Chengdi • Tao-kuang
Born September 16, 1782 • Beijing • China
Died February 25, 1850 (aged 67) • Beijing • China
Title / Office emperor (1820-1850), China
House / Dynasty Qing dynasty
Role In First Opium War • Treaty of Nanjing • Opium Wars
Lin Zexu, statue in Chinatown, New York City.
Lin Zexu
Chinese official
Xuanzong
emperor of Tang dynasty [685–762]
Zhou Xiaochuan
Zhou Xiaochuan
Chinese economist
Qiying
Chinese official
Jiaqing
emperor of Qing dynasty
Shenzong
emperor of Song dynasty
Charles George Gordon
Charles George Gordon
British general
Wang Hongwen
Chinese politician
Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong
Chinese leader
The Yongle emperor, detail of a portrait; in the National Palace Museum, Taipei.
Yongle
emperor of Ming dynasty
Kangxi
emperor of Qing dynasty
The Hongwu emperor; in the National Palace Museum, Taipei.
Hongwu
emperor of Ming dynasty
Sun Yat-sen
Sun Yat-sen
Chinese leader
Zhou Enlai
Zhou Enlai
premier of China
Qianlong
Qianlong
emperor of Qing dynasty
The Taizu emperor, founder of the Song dynasty, detail of a portrait; in the National Palace Museum, Taipei
Taizu
emperor of Song dynasty
Liu Shaoqi
Liu Shaoqi
Chinese statesman
Lin Biao
Lin Biao
Chinese military leader
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang Kai-shek
Chinese statesman
Hu Shih
Hu Shih
Chinese leader and scholar

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