Hangul 무신정권 Revised Romanization Musin Jeonggwon | Hanja 武臣政權 McCune–Reischauer Musin Jŏnggwŏn | |
The term Goryeo military regime (Hangul: 무신정권; Hanja: 武臣政權; RR: Musin Jeonggwon; MR: Musin Jŏnggwŏn) describes the government of Goryeo from the time of the military coup d'état of 1170 to the Sambyeolcho Rebellion of 1270 and the definitive subordination of Korea to the Mongol Yuan dynasty, division of the Mongol Empire. The rule of the Ubong Choe house from 1196 to 1258 is in particular known as the regime of the Choe clan (최씨정권, 崔氏政權).
The History of Goryeo exemplifies the period in its evaluation of the reign of one of the kings of the military regime, Sinjong:
Sinjong was put upon the throne by Ch'oe Ch'ung-hŏn, and all matters of life and death, decisions to accept or to reject, were in Ch'oe's hands. Sinjong stood above his subjects holding only empty authority. Alas, he was nothing but a puppet.