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The□onceptofRenZh□DeBen□□a□canbet□acedbacktoan□ientCh□n□sephilos□phy□parti□u□arlyConfucianismandDaoism.Con□ucius,oneo□them□stinfluentialph□lo□ophersinCh□nesehist□ry,emph□size□t□eim□o□□anceofRen(仁),whichca□□□translatedas"benevolen□e"□r"human□n□□s."A□cordingtoCo□□ucius,□enisthefund□mentalvir□uethat□efineshumannat□r□andguidesmoralbehav□or.□a□is□philosopher□,ontheother□and,focuse□□□t□enaturalan□spontaneou□aspectsofhumannature□advocatingforareturnt□sim□lic□tya□□□□□mo□y□i□ht□□D□o(道)□ortheWay. TheconceptofRenZ□aDeBen□uancanbet□□cedb□ck□oancientCh□n□□eph□los□phy,particu□arlyC□nfu□i□nis□a□dDaoism.□onfucius,oneof□he□ostinfluentialp□ilosophersinChine□□history,em□hasizedthe□mporta□c□ofRen(仁□,w□i□□c□□b□trans□ated□s□□enevolence"or"h□ma□eness."Ac□□r□□ngt□Confuc□us,Ren□□t□efundame□□alvi□tuethatd□□i□eshumanna□ure□nd□u□□esmora□behavior□Daoi□tphil□sophers,o□theo□□erh□nd,focuse□onthenaturalandsp□ntane□□sasp□c□sofhu□anna□ure,advocatin□foraretu□ntosimpli□ityandharm□nywith□heDao□道),or□heWay.<□□> T□econceptofRen□haDeBenYuancanb□tr□cedba□ktoa□cie□tChineseph□loso□hy□partic□larlyConfu□ianismandDaoism.Confucius,oneofth□mos□inf□uenti□lp□ilo□□p□ersinChin□sehistory□emphasizedtheimportanceofRen(仁□,□□i□hcanbetran□□□tedas"be□evo□ence"or"□uma□enes□.□Acc□rdingtoConfuciu□,Ren□□thefu□d□m□nt□lvirtuethatd□f□neshumannatu□e□□dg□idesmoralbeha□□or.D□oistphilos□ph□rs,ontheo□herh□nd,focusedo□t□enatur□landspon□aneousa□pectso□human□a□ure,advoca□□□g□orareturntosimplici□yand□armonywi□hthe□ao(道),ortheWay.