Yes Lin Zexu was the first person who opened his eyes to see the world in modern times. Wei Yuan compiled Hai Zhi on the basis of Lin Zexu's Four Seas Zhi, with the slogan of "learning from foreigners to control foreigners" and the slogan of Westernization Movement was "learning from foreigners to control foreigners". They all advocate learning from foreigners, that is, learning the advantages of foreign countries.