白头到此终休戚 青史凭谁定是非——林则徐墓散记

Lin Zexu and His Tomb at Fuzhou

摘要:

福建省会福州市北郊的马鞍村狮石山麓有一座朴素无华的陵墓，它就是中国近代史上著名的民族英雄林则徐的安息之地。林则徐在清朝为官的三十八年中，主张兴利除弊，进行改革。他在湖广总督任上禁烟、销烟，为了维护国家利益，把个人生死置之度外，死后，当地老百姓为他在此地修坟墓、祠宇，供后人前往凭吊。

Abstract:

Lin Zexu, a famous national hero in history, is buried in a plain mausoleum in the hills on the northern outskirts of Fuzhou, the capital of Fujian province. Lin Zexu had been advocating reform during his thirty-eight years as an official in the Qing Dynasty. When he was governor of Huguang district, he banned on opium-smoking and the opium trade and destruction them. After his death, local people built his tomb and ancestral temple here for future generations to pay tribute to him.