Ka kammala wannan magana: Goryeo ya shiga zamanin mulkin kama karya na soja da ya yi kama da na shogunate a ƙarshen ƙarni na 12. A wannan lokacin na "a zahiri" mulkin soja, an ci gaba da kallon sarakunan Goryeo a matsayin 'Ya'yan Sama da sarakuna, kuma an ci gaba da kallon Goryeo a matsayin "tianxia". Ra'ayin Goryeo a matsayin "tianxia" ya ba da ruhun juriya ga Mongols a ƙarni na 13. Goryeo ya mika wuya ga 'yan Mongol bayan
Shekaru 30 na yaƙi kuma daga baya ya zama mai cin gashin kansa "ɗan suruki" () ga daular Yuan a cikin 1270. Tsarin mulkin mallaka na Goryeo ya ƙare tare da Wonjong na Goryeo. A wannan lokacin mamayar Mongol, an saukar da sarakunan Goryeo zuwa sarakuna kuma sunayen haikalin sun nuna aminci ga daular Yuan. "Waƙoƙin Sarakuna da Sarakuna" da "Memorabilia na Masarautu Uku" sun ci gaba da kallon Goryeo a matsayin "tianxia". Koyaya, ra'ayin Goryeo a matsayin "tianxia" a hankali ya ragu. Goryeo ya ƙare matsayin surukinsa a cikin 1356: Gongmin na Goryeo ya dawo da Ssangseong kuma ya ayyana ikon cin gashin kai. A halin yanzu, Neo-Confucianism ya fito a matsayin akida mai rinjaye; Confucianism ya yi tasiri sosai ga tunanin Koriya, addini, tsarin zamantakewar siyasa, da hanyoyin rayuwa a karon farko a tarihin Koriya. Babban tasirin Neo-Confucianism a cikin duhu na daular Goryeo ya haifar da karuwar Sinocentric ra'ayi na Koriya a matsayin "karamar China".