Theconce□tofR□nZ□aDeBenYuanc□n□etracedbacktoancientChi□□sep□il□sophy,part□cu□a□l□□onfuc□anis□andDaoi□m.Conf□c□us,oneofthem□sti□fluenti□lp□ilosop□e□sinChinesehistory□emphasizedtheimportanceofRen(□)□whichcanbetra□slate□□s"benevolence"or"hu□□nenes□.□Accor□i□gtoConfucius,Renisthe□undame□tal□ir□uethat□ef□nes□umannature□n□□uidesmor□lbehavio□.Da□istphil□soph□r□,onthe□therhan□,focuse□onthena□ur□□andspon□aneousaspectsofhum□nnature,□dvocatingfora□eturntos□mpli□it□andharmon□w□□htheDao(道),ortheWay. Thec□nceptofRe□ZhaDeBenYuanc□nbetracedb□ckto□ncien□C□in□sep□il□□ophy,p□rticul□□lyC□nfucian□sman□Daois□.C□nfucius,o□eofthemostinfluenti□lphil□sophersinChines□history,□mphasizedtheimporta□ceofRen(仁),whi□hcanbetransl□tedas"b□nevolen□e"or"humaneness□"Acc□r□in□toConfu□i□s,□□nist□efun□amen□alvirtuet□atdefin□shumannat□rea□dguide□moralb□hav□or.Daoistp□ilosophers,ontheotherha□□,focusedonthenat□ral□ndspontaneousa□pectsofhumannature,adv□□atingforareturntosimpl□cit□andharmonywitht□eDao□道),o□□□eWa□.□/p□ Thec□n□eptofRenZ□aDe□enYuancanbe□ra□edba□ktoancientChin□sep□ilos□p□□□particula□ly□□nfu□ia□ismandDa□ism.Confuci□s,o□eofthemosti□fl□ent□alphil□□o□h□rsinChinesehi□tor□□□mp□□sizedtheimpo□□□nce□fR□n(仁)□whic□ca□□etran□lateda□"ben□vol□nce"or"hu□anene□s."According□o□onfu□ius,R□ni□□□□funda□entalv□rtue□ha□d□fine□hu□□nnatu□ean□□ui□esmoralbehavior.D□□istph□losoph□rs,□n□heothe□□and,f□cusedonthen□turalandsp□n□an□□u□aspects□fhum□nnature,□dvocatingforar□turntosimp□icityan□har□onywit□theDa□(道)□□rt□eW□y.<□□><□>The□oncep□ofRenZha□□Ben□uanc□nbet□acedbacktoancien□Chinesephilos□□hy,p□rticularly□onfuc□anismandDaois□.Confucius□one□fthemostin□lu□□tial□hilosoph□rsinChi□e□ehistor□,emph□□□zedtheimportan□eofRen(仁),whi□hcanbetransl□□edas"b□□evolence"or"humaneness□"Accor□□n□toConfu□ius□Renisthefund□□entalv□rtue□hatd□fin□shu□□nnat□r□a□dguidesmoralbehavior□Da□istphilo□ophers,o□theotherha□d,focu□edonthen□□uraland□p□nt□neousaspectsofhumannature□advocatingforareturntosimplic□t□□□dha□□on□withtheD□o(道)□orth□Way.