Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Goryeo yakapinda munguva yeudzvinyiriri hwechiuto hwakafanana nehurumende yechiShogunate mukupera kwezana remakore rechi12. Munguva iyi ye"de facto" kutonga kwemauto, madzimambo eGoryeo akaramba achionekwa seVanakomana veDenga uye madzimambo, uye Goryeo yakaramba ichionekwa se "tianxia". Kuona Goryeo se"tianxia" kwakakurudzira vanhu kuti varwise vaMongol muzana remakore rechi13. Goryeo yakazvipira kuvaMongolia pashure pamakore 30 ehondo
uye gare gare yakava semiautonomous "mwanakomana-mutemo mamiriro" () kuna Yuan dzinza muna 1270. Gadziriro youmambo yaGoryeo yakaguma naWonjong weGoryeo. Mukati menguva iyi yokutonga kwevaMongol, madzimambo eGoryeo akaderedzwa kuva madzimambo uye mazita etembere airatidza kuvimbika kuumambo hweYuan. "Nziyo dzaMadzimambo naMadzimambo" uye "Zviyeuchidzo zveMadzimambo Matatu" zvakaramba zvichiona Goryeo se"tianxia". Zvisinei, maonero aiitwa Goryeo se"tianxia" akaderera zvishoma nezvishoma. Goryeo yakapedza chinzvimbo chayo chemukwasha muna 1356: Gongmin weGoryeo akadzorera Ssangseong ndokuzivisa kuzvitonga. Munguva iyi, Neo-Confucianism yakabuda senzira huru; chiConfucianism chakakanganisa zvikuru pfungwa dzechiKorea, chitendero, masangano ezvematongerwo enyika, uye mararamiro kwenguva yokutanga munhoroondo yeKorea. Kufurira kwakasimba kweNeo-Confucianism mumasikati e Goryeo dynasty kwakatungamira pakuona kuri kukura kweSinocentric kweKorea se "China chidiki".