1689 in China

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Events from the year 1689 in China.

Incumbents

• Kangxi Emperor (28th year)

Events

• Sino-Russian border conflicts
  • Resolved with the signing of the Treaty of Nerchinsk, the first treaty between Russia (Tsardom of Russia) and China (Great Qing Empire). The Russians gave up the area north of the Amur River as far as the Stanovoy Range and kept the area between the Argun River and Lake Baikal.

Births

• Jiao Bingzhen (Chinese: 焦秉貞, 1689–1726) was a native of Jining, Shandong who became a noted painter and astronomer. He is noteworthy as one of the first Qing dynasty painters to be influenced by the West

Deaths

• Zhang Dai (張岱; pinyin: Zhāng Dài, courtesy name: Zhongzhi (宗子), pseudonym: Tao'an (陶庵)) (1597–1684)[1] a Ming Dynasty Chinese writer who was a gentleman essayist, a biographer of his own privileged aristocratic family, a historian of the Ming Dynasty, and a biographer of notable virtuous figures
• Yolo (岳樂; 1625–1689), Abatai's fourth son, held the title Prince An of the Second Rank from 1651 to 1654

References

1. Xia, Xianchun, ed. (2017). 张岱诗文集 (2nd ed.). Shanghai: Shanghai Guji Publishing house. pp. 1–42. ISBN 9787532574629.

• 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.