Disease and violence from other groups
The romans had statues of important Idols or gods when it comes to sciences it would be with medicines and surgeons such as galen who started rhe fundamentals of anatomy of humans. And with laws the romans had ranks such as assembly's, Senate's and consuls. hope this helps
The cultural borrowing is defined as an “imitation” of actions or habits between two or more social groups through contact, or information exposure.
In this passage of Wang Kŏn, we can appreciate his opinion about the national identity. Over the years, Corea was under the influence of countries such as China that is why it was customary to follow its models as a reference in many fields (economic, institutional, political, etc.). Then arose the Wang' statement, who said this behavior was illogical because their situation was very different, his nation has other factors such as geographical location and type of population that make unjustified to pretend to do the same as other cultures.