□□ffer□ntphilosoph□cal□choolsha□□offered□ariousinterpretati□nsofRenZh□DeBenYuan.InConfucianism,Renisseenasan□n□er□ntqualitytha□canbecult□□atedthrough□□□cation,self-discipline,andmoralpract□□e.□en□ius,apr□m□nentConfuc□a□th□n□er,argu□dth□th□m□nbeingsarebornwithaninnatesenseofgoo□□ess,which□anbenurt□reda□ddeve□ope□throughp□operguidanc□andeducat□on.Xunzi,□not□e□Confuc□anphil□□op□er□tookamorepessim□sticvie□,sug□□sti□gthat□□mannature□sin□□r□ntly□elfisha□dthatmoralvi□tuesmustbe□m□os□dthr□ughst□ictsoc□alnorm□andi□stitut□ons.□/p>□p>Di□□erentphi□□□ophi□□□schoo□shaveoffered□ari□usint□rp□□tatio□so□RenZhaDeBenYuan.InConfucia□i□m,Renissee□asani□herentquali□ythatcanbecul□□va□□□thro□ghe□□□atio□,sel□-d□scipli□e,an□moralprac□ice.M□ncius,aprom□n□n□C□nfucianthinker,argu□dthathu□an□eing□areb□rnwitha□innatesenseofgoodne□s,□hichcanbenurture□andde□□lopedthroughproperguid□n□ea□□education.Xunz□,anot□□rConfucia□philosopher□tookamorepessim□sticv□ew,sugges□ingthathumannature□□in□erentlyself□sh□ndthatmoralvi□tuesmustbe□mposedt□roug□stri□tsocialnormsandins□□tutio□s□□/□> Diff□rentphilosophica□s□□oolshav□off□redvariousi□terpretationsofRenZhaDeBenYuan.In□□nfuc□anis□,R□ni□seena□a□□n□erentqualitythatcanbeculti□ate□thro□g□edu□ation,self-disc□□line,andmoralprac□ice.Mencius,apromine□tConfucia□thinker,arguedthathum□n□e□ngsare□orn□□thani□natesense□f□oo□ness,w□ichcanbenurtu□edanddevelopedthroughpropergu□□ance□□dedu□a□□on.X□nzi□an□th□rCon□ucianphilosophe□,□ookamo□e□essimisti□view,sugg□stingt□athuma□□atu□eisinh□rentlysel□is□andthat□or□l□irtuesmustbeimpose□thr□ughs□r□cts□cialnormsandinstitutions. D□□feren□phil□□ophical□choolshav□offeredva□□ousinterpretati□ns□□Ren□ha□eBenYuan.□nCon□□cianism,Renisse□nasani□herentqualityt□atcanbec□lti□atedthrough□duca□ion,s□□f-dis□ip□ine,andm□ralpracti□□.Mencius,□pr□□inentConfucianth□nker,arguedth□thumanbe□ngsa□ebornwithaninnat□sen□eofgoodness,w□i□hcanbenurturedandd□velo□□dthrough□□ope□guida□ceandeduc□t□on.Xu□□i,anotherConfuc□anp□i□o□ophe□,tookamore□essi□□□ticview,□u□gestingthat□umannatu□eisi□her□ntlyselfi□handthatmoralvi□□uesmustbeimp□se□throughst□i□ts□cialnormsa□di□stit□tions.