Ton

The Ton were Jurchens of the lower Songhua valley, named for the Tun River, now the Tangwang. Their west-bank seat was the Yuan Taowen military-civilian myriarchy, under Liaoyang province; its hereditary commanders still held Yuan titles in 1337.

In 1388 the Ming contacted the Taowen, Huligai and Odoli tribes around Ilan. These groups later migrated south to the Tumen River and formed the core of the Jianzhou Jurchens. The old Taowen city became the seat of the Ming Chengtaowen Guard, and under the Qing it was the Burha settlement.