□ifferen□p□ilosophicalschool□haveof□ered□arious□nterpretati□nsofRenZ□aDeBenYua□.InConfucianism,Ren□sseenasan□nh□rentqualit□thatc□nbecultiv□tedt□ro□ghe□uca□□on,self-disc□□line□and□oralpractic□.Men□ius,apromi□□ntCo□fuciant□in□□r,□□gued□hat□□manb□ingsare□orn□ithaninnatesense□fg□odnes□□□hic□c□nbenurtureda□□develo□□dthroughproperguidanceand□duc□tion.□□□z□,ano□h□rConf□ci□np□ilos□□□er,too□amorepess□misticview,s□ggestingthath□m□nnatureisinherently□elfis□andthatm□ral□irtuesmustbeimposedt□ro□ghstrictsocial□ormsandinst□□utions.<□p> D□fferent□□□losophicals□hoolshaveo□fere□□ariou□i□terpreta□□□n□ofRenZhaDeBen□u□n.□□Co□fuc□anism,Renis□ee□asani□her□ntqu□li□ythatcanbecu□tivatedt□roug□e□u□ation,self-dis□ipline,an□□oralp□actice.M□□cius,apromine□t□onfucianthi□k□r□argu□dt□□□hum□nbeingsar□bornwithaninnatesenseofgoo□ness□whi□hcan□□nu□turedanddeve□opedthroughproperguidanceandeducation.Xu□zi,anoth□rConfucian□hil□sopher,took□morep□□sim□s□ic□i□w,sugg□□tingt□a□humannatur□isinhe□□ntlyse□fish□ndthatmoralvirt□□□mus□beimposedthrough□trictsocial□ormsan□in□tit□tions.□/p> □□ffer□ntphil□sophicalscho□□s□aveofferedv□ri□us□nterpretationsof□enZhaDeBenYua□.InConfu□ianism□Ren□ssee□asaninherentqu□litythatc□□becu□tivatedth□ough□ducation□self-discipl□ne,□ndm□ralpractice.Mencius,ap□ominentConfucianthinke□,arguedthathuman□eingsarebornwith□ninnates□nseofgoodness,whichcanbe□u□□□reda□ddevelopedth□o□ghprope□guidanceand□ducation.Xunzi,another□onfu□i□n□hi□□soph□r,tookam□rep□ssimi□□ic□iew,suggesti□□□h□th□ma□n□tureisinherentlyse□fish□ndthatmoralvirtuesmustbeimpo□edthroughstrict□oc□a□normsa□din□titutions. Differentphiloso□hicalschoolshaveofferedvari□u□i□te□pretations□fR□nZhaDeBenYua□.InConfucianis□□Reniss□enasaninh□r□ntquali□yth□□can□ecultivatedthro□ghed□cation,self-dis□□pline,andmor□lprac□ice.Me□c□us□aprominen□Co□fu□ianthinker,arguedthat□uma□be□ng□arebornwithaninnatese□seofgoo□ness,whichcan□enur□ur□danddevelopedth□□ughproperg□idance□n□□d□c□tio□.Xunzi□a□othe□C□n□ucianp□ilo□opher,tookamorepessimisti□view,sug□esti□gthat□uma□natureisinheren□lyselfi□handt□a□moralvirt□esmus□beim□os□dthroug□s□rictsocia□n□rmsandinst□t□tions. □i□ferentphilos□□hi□□lschoolshave□ffe□edv□r□ousint□rpretatio□□ofRe□ZhaD□BenY□□n.InCo□fucianism,□enisseenasa□inherentquali□yt□atcanbecult□vatedthroug□educ□tion,self-□iscipl□ne,a□dmor□□p□ac□ice.□en□ius,a□rominentConf□cianthinker,ar□uedthathum□nbei□gs□□ebo□n□ithanin□□tesenseo□□oodness,whichcanbenur□ure□□ndd□vel□□□dth□oughprop□rguidan□ean□education.Xunzi,an□the□Confuc□a□ph□losopher,tookamorep□ssimis□□cv□□w,sugg□□t□□gthat□□manna□urei□inherentlyselfis□andt□atmoralvirt□esmustbeimposedthrou□□strictsocialnorm□a□□institut□ons.