The Blue Lotus (French: Le Lotus bleu) is the fifth Tintin story by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. It was serialized weekly from August 1934 to October 1935 before being published in a collected volume by Casterman in 1936.

In 1946, The Blue Lotus was partially re-drawn and colored by the cartoonist and his team of assistants; during this process a number of minor plot elements were changed.

This tale is considered Herge's first masterpiece, as well as Tintin's only foray into actual history, the Sino-Japanese conflicts of the early 1930s. political tensions combined with chilling threats of drugs give the story an especially realistic sense of danger.

The tale unfolds in China, a place as yet unknown and mysterious to Tintin. It looks like our hero may have bitten off more than he can chew as he takes on the task of wiping out the international opium trade, which has a vice-like grip on this beautiful country. With the assistance of the secret society Sons of the Dragon, and his friend Chang (whom he encounters later on in the story), Tintin succeeds in overcoming myriad obstacles to finally triumph over his adversaries and disband their network of corruption.