tnam now becomes a way of life in China with the continuation even through the Mongol overthrow of China.Korea exhibits extensive change among its ruling political structure. There is a very strong culture of great families in Korea that resist efforts to create a Literati group in Korea and hang on to all power in the nation. These families start the political restructuring with the Three Chancelleries, which start a direct link between social status and political power. In 998 a significant change to the existing structure takes place with the Stipend Land Law, which gives civil officials grants of land for their service. This opens the door for non-wealthy government officials to become landowners and ties the ruling elite very closely to agriculture. Though the primary change in political order comes after the Mongols return to their home and Yi Song-Gye gains power, establishes the Yi dynasty, and institutes the Chosun Period in Korea. The Chosun period begins the Yangban system. With the institution of the CES in Korea along with the Stipend Land Law there was some possibility of social mobility but for the most part the political elite of Korea still remained strongly tied to the large families and the establishment of the Yangban reiterated this fact. The Yangaban is the union of two groups, military and civil, with the purpose of keeping the power of aristocracy in the hands of the large families and is done through laws forcing inter-marriage between Yangban elite to keep there grip on power.In all, great transformations in East Asia’s political power structure took place during this time. There are two things that tie all the changes in the region together, the desire for emerging dynasties to legitimize and consolidate there power and China primarily in the form of the Confucian Examination System. The emergence of so many new dynasties in this period inherently leads to new political systems to govern new dy...
