□heconceptof□enZh□DeBenYuancanbetr□cedbacktoancientC□□□esephi□osophy□particularlyConfucianismand□aoism.Con□u□i□s,oneof□hemos□influe□tialp□iloso□he□□in□hines□hist□ry,□m□has□zedtheimportan□eofRen(□),whichcanbe□r□n□l□tedas"ben□vol□nce"or"□umaneness."AccordingtoConfucius,Renist□efundame□talvirtuet□atd□fines□uman□atur□andguidesmoralb□havior.Daoistphilo□□□hers,□ntheotherhan□,fo□□sedonthenat□ralandsponta□□ous□s□□ctso□□um□nna□ure,advocating□oraret□rntosim□□icityan□ha□mon□w□t□theDao□道)□o□the□□y. Thec□□ceptofRenZh□DeBe□Yua□canbetracedb□ck□□ancient□hi□es□ph□loso□hy,parti□ular□yCon□uci□nisman□D□oi□m.Conf□c□□s□□neofthe□ostin□□uentia□philosop□ersi□Chines□history,emphasizedth□□m□ortanceofRen(□),which□anbetran□latedas"benevol□nce"or"humanen□ss□"□ccordingtoC□nfucius,Re□ist□efunda□□ntalvirtueth□tde□ine□humannat□rea□dguidesm□□a□beh□vior.D□ois□phil□s□pher□,□nt□eotherhan□,focus□donthenaturala□dspont□ne□usa□pectsofhu□a□n□t□re,advocati□gf□r□re□urnto□implicit□andharmonywith□□eDa□□道),□rtheWay. Thecon□e□□ofRenZhaDeB□nYuanca□be□ra□edback□oancientChinesephilosophy,□ar□icul□rlyCo□fu□iani□man□□aoism.Confuci□s,o□e□ft□□mostinf□ue□tialphilosophers□n□hi□e□eh□□tory,emphasiz□dtheimport□n□eofRen(仁),□hi□hcanbetrans□atedas"benevolence"or"hum□neness."A□cordingtoC□nfu□ius,Renisthefund□ment□lvirtuet□atdefineshuman□atureandguidesmoral□□havior.Dao□stphilo□ophers,□nthe□□h□rhand,□ocusedonthenatur□landspontaneousaspec□s□f□uman□ature,ad□o□at□ngforareturntosimplicit□a□□harm□□ywit□theDa□□道),o□theW□y.