In the past we have always had a deep attachment for the ways of china and all of our institutions have been modeled upon those of t'ang. but our country occupies a different geographical location and our people's character is different from that of the chinese. hence, there is no reason to strain ourselves unreasonably to copy the chinese way. [mongolia] is a nation of savage beasts, and its language and customs are also different. its dress and institutions should never be copied. how does this passage give evidence of wang’s opinion of cultural borrowing?

This passage shows that Korean leaders made choices about what to borrow and from whom. The passage says that Wang saw China as a model and worthy of respect and borrowing. It also says that Korea did not want to copy China exactly but instead wanted to develop its own culture.

Explanation:

consider an orange peel: if you want to try and lay it flat, you have to stretch it, we know exactly how things are being stretched or squashed at any given point. we have many different map projections because each has different patterns of some projections can even preserve certain features of the earth without