Differentphil□□ophicalschoolsh□v□off□□edvariousi□□er□ret□tio□so□Ren□haD□BenYuan.In□onfucianism,□eni□see□asanin□eren□qua□i□ytha□□anbecultivated□□□oug□education,self-□□scipl□ne□□ndmora□practice□Mencius,ap□ominentConfucianthi□ker,ar□uedthathumanbeings□reb□rnwithaninn□tesenseofgoodne□□,whichcanben□rtur□dandd□velo□ed□hr□ug□propergui□an□eandeducation.□un□i□anotherConfucianphil□soph□r,to□kamo□ep□s□imistic□□ew,sugge□tingth□□humannaturei□□nherent□ysel□ishand□hatmoralvirt□esm□stbeimp□sedthro□□hstricts□ci□lno□msandi□□titutio□s.<□p>□p>Differe□tphilosop□□calschoolshaveoffer□dvariousinterpret□tionsofRenZhaDeBenY□an□InC□□fuc□a□□sm□Re□isseen□□aninherentquali□ythatc□□becultivate□□□rou□hedu□atio□,self□disciplin□,a□dmo□alprac□i□e.Mencius,apromine□t□□nfuci□nthinker,□rgu□dthathu□anbeingsareb□rn□it□aninn□tesenseo□goodness,which□anbenurturedanddev□lopedthroughpro□erguid□nce□ndeducat□□n□X□nzi,ano□herConfucian□hilosopher□tookam□re□e□s□misticview,□u□g□stingthathu□annat□□eis□nh□rentl□□□lfishandthatmoralvirtuesmu□tbeimposedthr□ug□strictsocialno□msandins□i□□tions. Differe□tph□□os□ph□ca□schoo□sha□eof□ere□variousinterpretationsof□e□Z□aDeBenYuan.In□o□fu□ianism,Ren□ssee□asaninherentqu□lity□hatcanbecu□tivatedthro□gh□ducation,self-discipline,andmora□□ractice.Me□cius,apromin□ntConfucianthinker□ar□uedtha□huma□beingsarebornwi□hanin□atesenseo□goodness,whic□□an□e□urtu□edan□devel□□e□t□roughp□opergu□dancea□deducation.Xunzi□ano□□□r□onfu□ianph□lo□opher,□ooka□orepessimis□ic□ie□,suggestingthat□umannatureisinh□ren□lys□lfish□ndthatmor□□□irtuesmu□tbeimpo□edt□roughstrictsocialnorms□ndinsti□□ti□ns. <□>Dif□□□□ntphilosophicalsc□ool□haveofferedvariousinter□retationso□Re□Zh□DeBen□uan.InC□nf□□i□nism,Reniss□enasaninherentqualitythatcanbecultivat□dt□rougheduc□tion,self-disc□pl□ne,an□moral□ract□ce□M□ncius,aprominentConfu□ianthinker□argued□hathu□an□□ing□arebo□nwi□ha□innatesenseofgo□dness,which□a□benurtu□□d□nddevelopedthro□□hprop□rguida□ceanded□cati□n□□unzi,a□otherConfuc□anp□ilosophe□,tookamore□es□imisticvie□,suggest□ngthathumannat□□□is□nherentlyselfishandthatmoralvirtuesmustbeimposedthroughst□ictso□ialn□rmsandi□stitutions.<□p>