T'u-men

From Mandarin 圖們 / 图们 (Túmén) Wade–Giles romanization: Tʻu³-mên².^[1]

T'u-men

1. Alternative form of Tumen (River).
   • 1882, G. W. Keeton, “Regulations for Maritime and Overland Trade between Chinese and Korean Subjects, 1882”, in The Development of Extraterritoriality in China‎^[1], volume II, Longmans, Green & Co., published 1928, →OCLC, page 341:

     Article V.—In consideration of the numerous difficulties arising from the authority exercised by local officials over the legal traffic at such places on the boundary as I-chou, Hui-ning, and Ch’ing-yuan, it has now been decided that the people on the frontier shall be free to go to and fro and trade as they please at Ts’e-men and I-chou on the two sides of the Ya-lu River, and at Hun-ch’un and Hui-ning on the two sides of the T’u-men River.

   • [1885 July 7 [1885 June 30], “THE RUSSO-KOREAN TREATY.”, in China Mail, volume XLI, number 6846, sourced from North-China Daily News, →OCLC, page 3, column 5:

     We may also expect to hear that a Corean Consulate is to be established at Vladivostok; the opening of the Tʻu-mên river will, no doubt, be secured and telegraphic communication established with Vladivostok and such other places as may be necessary. […] The Tʻu-mên river flows close to the borders of Manchuria and its opening will probably increase the serviceableness of Possiet, which is near its mouth.]

   • 1966, Lo-shu Fu, A Documentary Chronicle of Sino-Western Relations (1644–1820)‎^[2], volume 2, University of Arizona Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 431:

     Hui-ning and Hoi Ryöng (42° 22' N and 129° 43' E) was a city on the T'u-men River, which the Chinese in Ninguta used as their main market for trade with the Koreans (LPCL 3, 4b).

   • 1976, Chun Hae-jong, “Menggetimur”, in L. Carrington Goodrich, Chaoying Fang, editors, Dictionary of Ming Biography, 1368-1644 [明代名人傳], volume II, New York; London: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 1065–1066:

     In the 1380s the tribe moved southward and came to the lower valley of the T’u-men 圖們 River and finally settled down around Wo-mu-ho 斡木河, the present Hoeryong 會寧, in north Korea.

   • 1977, Roxane Witke, Comrade Chiang Chʻing‎^[3], Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, pages 230–231:

     On October 1, 1950, she reported, the United States crossed the 38th parallel and pressed toward the Yalu and T'u-men rivers, both within China's borders, and from there launched further attacks.