1669 in China explained

Events from the year 1669 in China.

Incumbents

• Kangxi Emperor (8th year)
  • Regents — Oboi

Viceroys

• Viceroy of Zhili, Shandong and Henan — Bai Bingzhen (– July 28)
• Viceroy of Zhejiang — Liu Zhaoqi
  • Viceroy of Fujian — Zhang Chaolin Viceroy of Chuan-Hu — Liu Zhaoqi
• Viceroy of Shan-Shaan — Moluo
• Viceroy of Liangguang — Zhou Youde, Jin Guangzu
• Viceroy of Yun-Gui — Gan Wenkun
• Viceroy of Liangjiang — Maleji

Events

• Kangxi deposes his regent Oboi with help of his grandmother Grand Dowager Empress Xiaozhuang, who had raised him,^[1] and has him executed. He takes full control of the empire from this point onward.
• a Chinese pharmaceutical company Tong Ren Tang (TRT;) is founded in Beijing, which is now the largest producer of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM).^[2]
• In 1669, Lanbu (1642–1679), the third holder of the Prince Jingjin title, was demoted by the Kangxi Emperor from a qinwang (first-rank prince) to a feng'en zhenguo gong^[3]
• Chahar ruler Abunai showed disaffection with Manchu Qing rule, and is placed under house arrested in 1669 in Shenyang and the Kangxi Emperor gave his title to his son Borni^[4]
• poet, essayist, and art historian Zhou Lianggong holds a party at his Pavilion for Viewing Paintings in Nanjing.^[5] Later he is again accused of corruption
• Sino-Russian border conflicts

Births

• Jiang Tingxi (1669–1732^[6]), courtesy name Yangsun (杨孙), was a Chinese painter, and an editor of the encyclopedia Complete Classics Collection of Ancient China.

Deaths

• Yang Guangxian (Xiao'erjing: Chinese: ﻳْﺎ ﻗُﻮْا ﺷِﯿًﺎ) (1597–1669) a Chinese Muslim Confucian writer and astronomer who was the head of the Bureau of Astronomy (欽天監) from 1665 to 1669.

References

• Book: Zhao, Erxun. Draft History of Qing (Qing Shi Gao). Zhao Erxun. 1928. zh.
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Notes and References

1. Book: Peterson, Bennet . Notable Women of China . 328 .
2. Web site: Certification of China Timed-honored Brand GuangYuYuan. zhlzh.mofcom.gov.cn. China's Ministry of Commerce. 27 September 2017.
3. Draft History of Qing
4. The Cambridge History of China: Volume 9, The Ch'ing Dynasty to 1800
5. Web site: A Splendid Party: Zhou Lianggong (1612–1672) and His Friends in Literary Nanjing, 1669. 24 January 2017.
6. Barnhart: Page 379.