During the era of the Joseon Dynasty, the state name was changed to "Chosen" since it entered into the sakuho relation with Ming, and there was a Chinese-style notion of "Tenka" under which the relation of "Ming between the Joseon Dynasty" was deemed as identical to the relation of "Zhou between Gija Joseon."
李氏朝鮮の時代には、明の冊封を受け国号を「朝鮮」としたこともあって、「明＝李氏朝鮮」関係を「周＝箕子朝鮮」関係と同一視する中華的な「天下」概念があった。