1668 in China
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Events from the year 1668 in China.
Incumbents
[edit]- Kangxi Emperor (7th year)
Viceroys
[edit]- Viceroy of Zhili, Shandong and Henan — Zhu Changzuo (–January 8), Bai Bingzhen (January 27–)
- Viceroy of Zhejiang — Zhao Tingchen
- Viceroy of Fujian — Zhang Chaolin
- Viceroy of Huguang — Zhang Changgeng, Liu Zhaoqi[note 1]
- Viceroy of Shan-Shaan — Moluo
- Viceroy of Liangguang — Zhou Youde, Jin Guangzu[citation needed]
- Viceroy of Yun-Gui — Bian Sanyuan, Gan Wenkun
- Viceroy of Sichuan (Chuan-Hu) — Liu Zhaoqi
- Viceroy of Liangjiang — Lang Tingzuo (– December 17)
- ^ post is abolished and merged into authority of the Viceroy of Sichuan, with the combined name Viceroy of Chuan-Hu
Events
[edit]- The Qing government decreed a prohibition of non-Eight Banner people getting into Northeast China. Han Chinese were banned from settling in this region but the rule was openly violated and Han Chinese became a majority in urban areas by the early 19th century.[1]
- Tianhou Temple (Anping) built in Taiwan
- July 25 — 50,000+ killed in the 8.5 magnitude 1668 Tancheng earthquake in Shandong[2]
- The contents of the national treasury totals 14,930,000 taels[3]
- The Qing revoke the trading privileges of the Dutch[4]
- The Imperial Edict banning footbinding is revoked when determined to be unenforceable[5]
- Sino-Russian border conflicts
Births
[edit]- Imperial Noble Consort Quehui (1668 – 24 April 1743), of the Manchu Bordered Yellow Banner Tunggiya clan, was a consort of the Kangxi Emperor[6]
Deaths
[edit]- Fang Weiyi (1585-1668, 方維儀) a Chinese poet, calligrapher, painter and literature historian[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "The Manchu and the Qing Dynasty". Alpha History. Alpha History. 2013-05-22. Retrieved October 25, 2016.
- ^ "China virtual museums_quake".
- ^ Emperor of China: Self-Portrait of K'ang-Hsi By Jonathan D. Spence
- ^ Historical Dictionary of the Chinese Economy - Page xxxii
- ^ A Short History of the Chinese People, Carrington Goodrich
- ^ Draft History of Qing
- ^ * Lily Xiao Hong Lee, Sue Wiles: Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women, Volume II: Tang Through Ming 618 - 1644
- Zhao, Erxun (1928). Draft History of Qing (Qing Shi Gao) (in Chinese).
- Spence, Jonathan D. (2002), "The K'ang-hsi Reign", in Peterson, Willard J. (ed.), Cambridge History of China, Vol. 9, Part 1: The Ch'ing Dynasty to 1800, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 120–182, ISBN 0521243343.