1668 in China

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Events from the year 1668 in China.

Incumbents

• Kangxi Emperor (7th year)
  • Regents — Ebilun and Oboi

Viceroys

• 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
• Viceroy of Yun-Gui — Bian Sanyuan, Gan Wenkun
• Viceroy of Sichuan (Chuan-Hu) — Liu Zhaoqi
• Viceroy of Liangjiang — Lang Tingzuo (– December 17)

1. post is abolished and merged into authority of the Viceroy of Sichuan, with the combined name Viceroy of Chuan-Hu

Events

• 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

• 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

• Fang Weiyi (1585-1668, 方維儀) a Chinese poet, calligrapher, painter and literature historian[7]

References

1. "The Manchu and the Qing Dynasty". Alpha History. Alpha History. 2013-05-22. Retrieved October 25, 2016.
2. http://www.kepu.net.cn/english/quake/ruins/rns05.html
3. Emperor of China: Self-Portrait of K'ang-Hsi By Jonathan D. Spence
4. Historical Dictionary of the Chinese Economy - Page xxxii
5. A Short History of the Chinese People, Carrington Goodrich
6. Draft History of Qing
7. • 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.