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Yuan–Goryeo Relations

Type Event Region Goryeo Time 1290–1299

In the 1290s Goryeo entered a period of deep subordination under the Yuan tributary system;…

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  1. 1290Dadu · Yuan dynastyKing Chungnyeol personally visited the Yuan court at Dadu; the Yuan returned the former lands between Biryeong Ridge and the Yalu River that had submitted to the Mongols under Lin Seon (Dongnyeong Prefecture, the Northwestern Circuit) to Goryeo, and Chungnyeol restored the Western Capital's garrison system.
  2. 1290–1295Goryeo · GoryeoThe Goryeo king's heir had to serve as a hostage at the Yuan court, and official systems and rituals were downgraded to those of a vassal state. King Chungnyeol and Grand Princess Qi (Qutlugh Kelmish) made many visits to the Yuan; the Yuan court treated the Goryeo king with special favor, and the Eastern Expedition Branch Secretariat was headed by the king serving concurrently as chancellor.
  3. 1298–1299Gaeseong · GoryeoIn his later years King Chungnyeol fell out with his heir Crown Prince Chungseon (Wang Chang); in 1298 he briefly abdicated but soon resumed the throne due to Yuan and domestic circumstances. Struggles among consorts such as Grand Princess Qi and Consort Jinghui affected court politics.

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