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1667
Events from the year 1667 in China.
Incumbents
Kangxi Emperor (6th year)
Regents — Sonin, Ebilun, Suksaha, 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
Viceroy of Shan-Shaan — Lu Chongjun
Viceroy of Liangguang — Lu Xingzu
Viceroy of Yun-Gui — Bian Sanyuan
Viceroy of Sichuan — Miao Cheng
Viceroy of Jiangnan — Lang Tingzuo
Events
Puti Temple or Bodhi Temple (菩提寺 Pútí Sì), a Buddhist temple located in Mangshi of Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture is built in Yunnan province.Zi Yan Famous Temples in China 2012 Huangshan Publishing House Hefei, Anhui 171–172 978-7-5461-3146-7 en, zhhttp://news.cri.cn/gb/1321/2007/03/19/542@1504504.htm zh:云南德宏纪行 Traveling notes of Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan CRI 2006-12-20 zh 2019-05-05 2019-05-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20190505070206/http://news.cri.cn/gb/1321/2007/03/19/542@1504504.htm dead
China Illustrata, a book written by the Jesuit Athanasius Kircher (1602-1680) is published. It compiles the 17th century European knowledge on the Chinese Empire and its neighboring countrieshttp://ricci.bc.edu/books/china-illustrata.html China Illustrata Beyond Ricci ricci.bc.edu en 2018-06-04
Imperial Regent Sonin died on 12 August 1667. His death provoked a series of changes in the regency: just as the other regents, led by Oboi, tried to consolidate their power, the Kangxi emperor vied to assert his own power.Spence Jonathan D. The K'ang-hsi Reign Willard J. Peterson Cambridge History of China, Vol. 9, Part 1: The Ch'ing Dynasty to 1800 Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2002 120–82 https://books.google.com/books?id=hi2THl2FUZ4C&pg=PA120 0521243343
The imperial Deliberative Council investigates Suksaha after he retires as regent.Spence 2002 Cambridge History of China, Vol. 9, Part 1: The Ch'ing Dynasty to 1800 130 Two days later on September 2, the Council ordered Suksaha and all his male kin arrested; on September 4, finding Suksaha guilty of twenty-four "grave crimes" and recommended that he and many of his male relatives be executed, along with many members of the imperial guard who had supposedly connived in Suksaha's schemes.Spence Cambridge History of China, Vol. 9, Part 1: The Ch'ing Dynasty to 1800 2002 130
Qing emissary Kong Yuanzhang is sent to Taiwan to convince Zheng Jing to surrender. Zheng refuses, citing prosperous trading conditionsWar, Trade and Piracy in the China Seas (1622-1683) Weichung Cheng BRILL 2013 230
Russian former Qing soldier Gantimur, along with his relatives and forty elders of his tribe, went over to the Russians to seek an alliance. An immediate attempt made by the Qing authorities to secure his return by force was unsuccessful, and special envoys sent by order of the Kangxi Emperor were also unsuccessful persuading Gantimur to come back to the side of the QingMarakueff A. V. Ghantimur
Ganlu Temple (Mount Jiuhua) originally built by an exceptional Chan master Dong'an (洞安 no)zh Zhang Yuhuan zh:《图解中国著名佛教寺院》 Illustration of Famous Buddhist Temples in China 2012 Contemporary China Publishing House Beijing 148 978-7-5154-0135-5 zh:《满山松针尽挂甘露:九华山甘露寺》 Dewy Pine Trees All Over the Mountains: Ganlu Temple on Mount Jiuhua
Wu Sangui submitted a request to the Kangxi Emperor, asking for permission to be relieved of his duties in Yunnan and Guizhou provinces, on the premise that he was ill, but Kangxi, not yet ready for a trial of strength with him, refused.Peter C Perdue China Marches West: The Qing Conquest of Central Eurasia https://books.google.com/books?id=J4L-_cjmSqoC&pg=PA137 30 June 2009 Harvard University Press 978-0-674-04202-5 137
Sino-Russian border conflicts
Anhui province established
Births
Ye Tianshi (1667–1747) was a Chinese medical scholar who was the major proponent of the "school of warm diseases".Liao Yuqun Traditional Chinese Medicine Cambridge University Press 9780521186728 105–106 https://books.google.com/books?id=LNJ0fV6O_lEC&q=%22Four+stages%22+and+%22Ye+Tianshi%22&pg=PA105 en 2011-08-25
Deaths
Soni (索尼; 1601–1667), or Sonin, a Manchu of the Hešeri clan who served as one of the Four Regents
References
Draft History of Qing (Qing Shi Gao) Zhao Erxun Zhao Erxun 1928 zh
Spence Jonathan D. The K'ang-hsi Reign Willard J. Peterson Cambridge History of China, Vol. 9, Part 1: The Ch'ing Dynasty to 1800 Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2002 120–182 https://books.google.com/books?id=hi2THl2FUZ4C&pg=PA120 0521243343.
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