1068

1068 — Korea: 개가한 어머니의 상에 100일 상복을 입도록 정함 / China: The dry dock was first used in China / Japan: Emperor Go-Sanjō, accession

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KoreaGoryeo 918–1392ChinaSong dynasty 960–1271JapanHeian period 794–1185United States
  • 개가한 어머니의 상에 100일 상복을 입도록 정함.KO
  • 1069도적이 현릉(顯陵) 묘실(廟室)에 침입하자 능실 시위대장군(陵室侍衛大將軍) 은정(殷貞)을 처벌함
  • 1069외관(外官)의 아내로 서울에 있는 자가 병이 들었으면 남편에게 30일 휴가를 줌.
  • The dry dock was first used in China.
  • Huang Huaixin starts planning the construction of dry docks
  • Enrollment in the School of Four Gates reaches 900
  • 1066Yizong raids: Western Xia raids Song dynasty
  • 1066契丹再改國號回「大遼」。
  • 1066The Song court starts holding jinshi examinations triennially, a decision that would endure until 1905
  • 1067Private trade of gunpowder ingredients is banned in the Song dynasty.
  • 1067January — Emperor Yingzong of Song dies and his son Zhao Xu succeeds him as Emperor Shenzong of Song
  • 1067Yizong died. He was succeeded by his young son Emperor Huizong of Western Xia.
  • 1067January — Yingzong died. He was succeeded by his son Emperor Shenzong of Song.
  • 1069宋神宗任王安石為參知政事,推動變法。
  • 1069The Song chancellor Wang Anshi ordered an extensive government reform including the introduction of the baojia system of community-based law enforcement.
  • 1070Annual copper production in the Song dynasty reaches 12,982 tons, more than the total global production in 1800
  • 1070Western Xia attacks the Song dynasty
  • 1070The Song ambassador Su Song published the Bencao Tujing.
  • 1070The first jinshi imperial examinations to emphasize statecraft over poetry are held
  • 1070The Song court carries out water-control and land reclamation projects which reclaim 38,829,799 acres of agricultural land
  • Emperor Go-Sanjō, accession
  • 1069The Ritsuryō system has completely failed due to encroachment by private manors. Emperor Go-Sanjō land reform attempt was thwarted by Fujiwara no Yorimichi, signaling the terminal decline of imperial power.
  • 1069延久の荘園整理令。初めて記録荘園券契所を置く。

covered from 1607