1669 in China

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Events from the year 1669 in China.

## Incumbents

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

### Viceroys

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* Viceroy of Zhili, Shandong and Henan — Bai Bingzhen (– July 28)[note 1]
* 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

1. ^ post abolished until 1724

## Events

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* Kangxi deposes his regent Oboi with help of his grandmother Grand Dowager Empress Xiaozhuang, who had raised him,[who?][1] and has him executed. He takes full control of the empire from this point onward.
* a Chinese pharmaceutical company Tong Ren Tang (TRT; Chinese: 同仁堂) 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

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* Jiang Tingxi (simplified Chinese: 蒋廷锡; traditional Chinese: 蔣廷錫; pinyin: Jiǎng Tíngxí; Wade–Giles: Chiang T'ing-hsi, 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

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* Yang Guangxian (Chinese: 楊光先, Xiao'erjing: 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

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

* 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.

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