1681 in China explained
Events from the year 1681 in China.
Incumbents
- Kangxi Emperor (20th year)
Events
- The Revolt of the Three Feudatories concludes
- Qing general Zhao Liangdong proposes a three-pronged attack on Yunnan, with imperial armies from Hunan, Guangxi and Sichuan. Cai Yurong, Viceroy of Yun-Gui, led the attack on the rebels together with Zhang Tai and Laita Giyesu, conquering Mount Wuhua and besieging Kunming.
- In October, Zhao Liandong's army was the first to break through into Kunming and the others followed suit, swiftly capturing the city.
- In December, Wu Shifan commits suicide and the rebels surrendered the following day.[1]
- Zheng Jing dies, is succeeded by his son Zheng Kezang, as regency of Kingdom of Tungning. However, Kezhang was killed by his uncle Zheng Cong in Coup of Tungning (Chinese: 東寧之變), and Princess Chen, Zheng's princess consort, committed suicide later. Zheng did not have any children.
- Sino-Russian border conflicts
Births
Deaths
- Queen Dong (17 October 1623 – 30 July 1681[2]), birth name Dong You, posthumous name Chaowu Wangfei,[3] was the princess consort of Koxinga and mother of Zheng Jing
- Wang Fuchen (d. 1681) a participant in the Revolt of the Three Feudatories during the Qing Dynasty against the Kangxi Emperor from Shanxi
- Zheng Kezang (1662 - 1681), was the crown prince and regency of Kingdom of Tungning. Kezhang was the eldest son of Zheng Jing and Chen Zhao-niang, and his grandparents were Koxinga and Princess Dong. In 1681, after Zheng Jing died, Kezhang was killed by his uncle Zheng Cong in Coup of Tungning (Chinese: 東寧之變), and Princess Chen, Zheng's princess consort, committed suicide later. Zheng did not have any children.
References
Notes and References
- Book: Nicola Di Cosmo. The Diary of a Manchu Soldier in Seventeenth-Century China: "My Service in the Army", by Dzengseo. 24 January 2007. Routledge. 978-1-135-78954-1. 38–.
- Xian Wangfu Muzhi (Chinese: 先王父墓誌), by Zheng Kezhang
- Haiji Jiyao (Chinese: 海紀輯要) by Xia Lin
