1668 in China
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Events from the year 1668 in China.
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Incumbents
- Kangxi Emperor (7th year)
Viceroys
- Viceroy of Zhili, Shandong and Henan â Zhu Changzuo (âJanuary 8), Bai Bingzhen (January 27â)
- Viceroy of Zhejiang â Zhao Tingchen
- Viceroy of Fujian â Zhang Chaolin
- Viceroy of Huguang â Zhang Changgeng, Liu Zhaoqi[note 1]
- Viceroy of Shan-Shaan â Moluo
- Viceroy of Liangguang â Zhou Youde, Jin Guangzu[citation needed]
- Viceroy of Yun-Gui â Bian Sanyuan, Gan Wenkun
- Viceroy of Sichuan (Chuan-Hu) â Liu Zhaoqi
- Viceroy of Liangjiang â Lang Tingzuo (â December 17)
- 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 â 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 â 24 April 1743), of the Manchu Bordered Yellow Banner Tunggiya clan, was a consort of the Kangxi Emperor[6]
Deaths
- Fang Weiyi (1585-1668, æ¹ç¶å) a Chinese poet, calligrapher, painter and literature historian[7]