1687 in China

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Events from the year 1687 in China.

Incumbents

A map of the 200-odd Jesuit churches and missions established across China c. 1687.

Five French Jesuits arrive in Beijing and later help the emperor in the Bureau of Astronomy and in the field of medicine^[1]
The imperial court promulgates a plan requiring garrison officers to ascertain that candidates (whether Manchu, Mongol, or Chinese) were in some degree proficient in horsemanship and archery before being admitted to the entry-level imperial examinations
Sino-Russian border conflicts

Li Wei (1687?–1738) a native of Xuzhou, Jiangsu and instrumental in carrying out Yongzheng's nationwide reforms in his role in various regional governing positions.

Frederick Coyett (揆一); born in Stockholm c. 1615, buried in Amsterdam on 17 October 1687, was a Swedish nobleman and the last colonial governor for the Dutch colony of Formosa
Geng Juzhong (耿聚忠; 1650–1687) was the third son of Geng Jimao, brother of Revolt of the Three Feudatories participant Geng Jingzhong and court member of the Qing dynasty. He was a Third Class Viscount (三等子)

Zhao, Erxun (1928). Draft History of Qing (Qing Shi Gao) (in Chinese).
Spence, Jonathan D. (2002), "The K'ang-hsi Reign", in Peterson, Willard J. (ed.), Cambridge History of China, Vol. 9, Part 1: The Ch'ing Dynasty to 1800, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 120–182, ISBN 0521243343.