In a letter to U.S. Senator John McLaurin he called upon the U.S. to own its responsibility for the opium trade, in that, along with Great Britain it had profited at the expense of the Chinese.
在一封写给美国参议员John McLaurin的信中，他呼吁美国负起对鸦片贸易的责任，因为，它和英国一同因损害中国人而获利。