1668 in China
# 1668 in China

Events from the year 1668 in China.

## Incumbents

* Kangxi Emperor (7th year)
   * Regents — Ebilun and Oboi

### Viceroys

* Viceroy of Zhili, Shandong and Henan — Zhu Changzuo (–January 8), Bai Bingzhen (January 27–)
* Viceroy of Zhejiang — Zhao Tingchen
* Viceroy of Fujian — Zhang Chaolin
* Viceroy of Huguang — Zhang Changgeng, Liu Zhaoqi
* Viceroy of Shan-Shaan — Moluo
* Viceroy of Liangguang — Zhou Youde, Jin Guangzu
* Viceroy of Yun-Gui — Bian Sanyuan, Gan Wenkun
* Viceroy of Sichuan (Chuan-Hu) — Liu Zhaoqi
* Viceroy of Liangjiang — Lang Tingzuo (– 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.
* Tianhou Temple (Anping) built in Taiwan
* July 25 — 50,000+ killed in the 8.5 magnitude 1668 Tancheng earthquake in Shandong
* The contents of the national treasury totals 14,930,000 taels
* The Qing revoke the trading privileges of the Dutch
* The Imperial Edict banning footbinding is revoked when determined to be unenforceable
* Sino-Russian border conflicts

## Births

* Imperial Noble Consort Quehui (1668 – 24 April 1743), of the Manchu Bordered Yellow Banner Tunggiya clan, was a consort of the Kangxi Emperor

## Deaths

* Fang Weiyi (1585-1668, 方維儀) a Chinese poet, calligrapher, painter and literature historian
