Citations:Min

English citations of Min

• 1837 May, “Coast of China: the division of it into four portions ; brief description of the principal places on the southeastern, eastern, and northeastern portions.”, in The Chinese Repository‎^[1], volume VI, number 1, Canton, →OCLC, pages 12–13:

  The Lamyet (or Nanjeih) islands are situated to the northeastward of Chinchew bay, the nearest distant about forty miles. The mainland, leaving its usual northeastern direction, runs out due east for above thirty miles, and the first of the Lamyet islands lies off the easternmost point of it. From hence there is an almost uninterrupted series of islands and islets, up to the mouth of the Yangtsze keäng. The Lamyet islands are opposite to the entrance of a deep bay, at the bottom of which is the city of Hinghwa foo, the capital of the most fertile portion of Fuhkeën. This bay, however, has not yet been visited by foreigners. The outermost of the Lamyet islands, named by Ross Ocksou, was found, when passed by the ships of Lord Amherst’s embassy, to be in lat .24° 59' 15" north, lon. 119° 34' 30" east. About thirty miles further to the northward, we pass between an island of peculiar form and the main. This island is named Haetan, the altar of the sea ; in shape it is semicircular, and of nearly equal breadth throughout. A few miles above this island we reach the mouth of the river Min.

• 1895 May 27, “FLOOD AT FOOCHOW.”, in China Mail‎^[2], number 10,068, →OCLC, page 3, column 3:

  Telegraphic intelligence was received yesterday by the Chiness Mail (Wah Tez Yat Po) to the effect that on Friday last the 24th instant there was a continual heavy downpour of rain in Fooohow, resulting in the swelling of the Min River.

• 1953, John C. Caldwell, China Coast Family‎^[3], Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 96:

  We traveled down the Min River from Nanping in a small sampan, flying the American flag for protection against bandits and soldiers. Those were the days when the Stars and Stripes still afforded some protection.

• 1973 November 4, “Matsu is strong, prosperous”, in Free China Weekly‎^[4], volume XIV, number 43, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2:

  Matsu is about 200 miles north of Quemoy and flanks the mouth of the Min River. The mainland city of Foochow, famed for its lacquer craftsmanship, is a short distance up the Min.

• 1975, Rewi Alley, “Some Fukien Pottery Kilns, Ancient and Modern”, in Eastern Horizon‎^[5], volume XIV, number 3, Hong Kong: Eastern Horizon Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 26, column 2:

  We left Foochow after an early breakfast, and after half an hour on a boat ferry that took us from the city environs across the Min River and up a tributary, we landed in Minhou county, and took the highway that led across Yungtai county to Tehua.

• 1978, Burton F. Beers, China in Old Photographs 1860-1910‎^[6], New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 111:

  Foochow was a picturesque city of considerable size and consequence before its designation in 1842 as one of the five original treaty ports. It was the headquarters of Manchu civil and military offcialdom in Fukien Province. Its location on the Min River, which flowed through a major tea-producing district, and its excellent harbor gave the city additional importance as a port.

• 1993 June 22, John Leicester, “Dreaming the American Dream In Fujian”, in AP News‎^[7], archived from the original on 10 September 2022‎^[8]:

  ″I really wanted to go when I was a kid, but I haven’t got any money,″ replied 30-year-old Dong. ″I’ll still be here when my hair has turned white,″ he said, casting coffee-colored eyes to where Guantou hugs the Min River in southeast China’s Fujian province. […]
  Linked by a potholed road to Fuzhou, the town of 10,000 has also missed out on Taiwanese and other foreign investment flooding into the province. Smokestacks can be seen farther up the Min River valley, but Guantou has none.

• 2003 September 7, David W. Chen, “For Many Chinese, America's Allure Is Fading”, in The New York Times‎^[9], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 May 2015, World‎^[10]:

  In a small store in Tingjiang, across the Min River in Lianjiang County, questions about smuggling people into America prompted a lively discussion.