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1684 in China
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1684
Events from the year 1684 in China.
Incumbents
Kangxi Emperor (23rd year)
Events
The Kangxi Emperor lifts the haijin prohibition on sea trade, allowing foreigners to enter Chinese ports in 1684Shi 2006 8–10.
The amount of copper in the alloys if cash coins was reduced from 70% to 60% all while the standard weight was lowered to 1 qián again, while the central government's mints in Beijing started producing cash coins with a weight of 0.7 qián.Hartill, David (2005). Cast Chinese Coins. Trafford, United Kingdom. p. 285. Trafford Publishing. 978-1412054669May 2019
The first mention of chili peppers in local gazettes in Hunan. They would later become a staple of Hunanese cuisine.http://nautil.us/issue/35/boundaries/why-revolutionaries-love-spicy-food Why Revolutionaries Love Spicy Food 14 April 2016 21 May 2019 23 September 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200923004411/http://nautil.us/issue/35/Boundaries/why-revolutionaries-love-spicy-food dead
Sino-Russian border conflicts
Deaths
Yinju (zh 胤䄔; 13 September 1683 – 17 July 1684), 19th son of Kangxi, born through an unnamed Noble Lady, of the Gorolo clan (貴人 郭絡羅氏)
Mu'an (木庵性瑫 Mù'ān Xìngtāo; Japanese Mokuan Shōtō) (1611–1684) a Chinese Chan monk who followed his master Yinyuan Longqi to Japan in 1654
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.
https://books.google.com/books?id=mLBgaa8d4aMC Intra-Asian Trade and the World Market A. John H. Latham Heita Kawakatsu 0 Studies in the Modern History of Asia Routledge Abingdon 2006 China's Overseas Trade Policy and Its Historical Results: 1522–1840 4–23 Shi Zhihong 9781134194087 .
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