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)

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