1684 in China
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Events from the year 1684 in China.
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Incumbents
- Kangxi Emperor (23rd year)
Events
- The Kangxi Emperor lifts the haijin prohibition on sea trade, allowing foreigners to enter Chinese ports in 1684[1]
- The amount of copper in the alloys if cash coins was reduced from 70% to 60% all while the standard weight was lowered to 1 qián again, while the central government's mints in Beijing started producing cash coins with a weight of 0.7 qián. [2][better source needed]
- The first mention of chili peppers in local gazettes in Hunan. They would later become a staple of Hunanese cuisine.[3]
- Sino-Russian border conflicts
Deaths
- Yinju (è¤ä; 13 September 1683 â 17 July 1684), 19th son of Kangxi, born through an unnamed Noble Lady, of the Gorolo clan (貴人 éçµ¡ç¾ æ°)
- Mu'an (Chinese: æ¨åºµæ§ç«; pinyin: Mù'Än XìngtÄo; Japanese Mokuan ShÅtÅ) (1611â1684) a Chinese Chan monk who followed his master Yinyuan Longqi to Japan in 1654