 Although the members of the "Sadaedang" supported the enlightenment policy, they favored gradual changes based on the Chinese model.After the Imo incident, the Min clan pursued a pro-Chinese policy.This was also partly a matter of opportunism as the intervention by Chinese troops led to subsequent exile of the rival Daewongun in Tianjin and the expansion of Chinese influence in Korea, but it also reflected an ideological disposition also shared by many Koreans toward the more comfortable and traditional relationship as a tributary of China.