Events that occurred in the year 1670 in China.

Incumbents Kangxi Emperor (9th year)

Viceroys Viceroy of Zhejiang — Zhao Tingchen Viceroy of Fujian — Liu Dou Viceroy of Chuan-Hu — Cai Yurong Viceroy of Shan-Shaan — Moluo Viceroy of Liangguang — Zhou Youde, Quan Guangzu Viceroy of Yun-Gui — Gan Wenkun Viceroy of Liangjiang — Maleji

Events The Kangxi Emperor's Sacred Edict (聖諭) first issued. It consists of sixteen maxims, each seven characters long, to instruct the average citizen in the basic principles of Confucian orthodoxyVictor Mair, "Language and Ideology in the Sacred Edict," in Andrew J. Nathan David G. Johnson, Evelyn Sakakida Rawski, eds.,, Popular Culture in Late Imperial China (Berkeley: University of California Press, ) Sino-Russian border conflicts

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