Question

Which of the following statements is not one of the Lin Zexu's key point in his letter to Queen Victoria?

A. If trade between china and Britain is to continue, British traders must stop selling opium in china.
B. The goods that China sells to other countries are beneficial instead of harmful
C. China will prohibit foreigners from living in China if these visitors do not convert to Confucianism.
D. English citizens living and trading in China should follow Chinese laws.

Answer 1

The answer is: China will prohibit foreigners from living in China if these visitors do not convert to Confucianism

Answer 2

C. China will prohibit foreigners from living in China if these visitors do not convert to Confucianism.

Step-by-step explanation:

This official letter written by Commissioner Lin Zexu during the Qing dynasty to Queen Victoria of Britain was against the sale of opium in China. Between the 18th and 19th century, Lin Zexu was one of if not the principal voice against the sale the hallucinating, addictive and evil effect of opium in China´s society. He voiced against this commercial activity and as such made known in his letter that if continued such activities would be met with strong and prohibitive actions against the traders.

Confucianism is a philosophical social and ethical way of life spread by Confucius between 5 and 6th century BC. The letter to Queen Victoria was very specific in its contents. It was about prohibiting the growing opium importation and not about conversion of visitors into Chinese philosophical way of life.