Yuan Dynasty Influence on Goryeo

Timeline

1. 1331–1333Kaesŏng · Korean PeninsulaAfter Chungseong's restoration, Goryeo still had to pay tribute to the Yuan, send envoys to congratulate the New Year, and accept Yuan intervention in royal succession and major appointments. Darughachi and Yuan envoys were permanently stationed around Kaesŏng, and court decisions had to accommodate Yuan wishes.
2. 1333–1336Kaesŏng · Korean PeninsulaGoryeo had to perform New Year congratulations, tribute, and the reception of Yuan envoys according to Yuan custom, and bear the burdens of shipbuilding, military-agricultural colonies, and postal relays left over from the failed expeditions against Japan. The Yuan's fiscal deterioration late in the dynasty intensified levies, deepening domestic Goryeo resentment of the 'serving Yuan' policy.
3. 1336–1340Goryeo capital region · Korean PeninsulaThe Mongol language, Semu merchants, and Yuan institutional terminology entered Goryeo society through envoys, marriages, and trade. Noble youths studied the Mongol script, and some official and military systems followed Yuan models, planting the seeds for Goryeo's political reorganization after the fall of the Yuan.