1672 in China

Incumbents

• Kangxi Emperor

  Events

• Hongfu Temple a Buddhist temple located on Mount Qianling, in Yunyan District of Guiyang, Guizhou, is first built
• Sino-Russian border conflicts

  Births

• March 12 — Yunzhi, Prince Zhi, also known as Yunzhi, formally known as Prince Zhi of the Second Rank between 1698 and 1708, a Manchu prince of the Qing dynasty
• October 29 — Zhang Tingyu Han Chinese politician and historian who lived in the Qing dynasty serving the Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong emperors

  Deaths

• Lu Shiyi, Confucian scholar
• Zhou Lianggong, artist, writer, and official serving Ming and Qing dynasties