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Thec□n□e□t□fRe□ZhaDeBenYuancanbetracedbacktoan□ientChinesephi□oso□hy□particularlyConfucia□is□andDa□i□m.Confucius,oneofth□mostinflu□nti□lp□ilosophersinCh□nesehistory,emphasizedtheimpor□□□ceo□Ren(仁),wh□chcan□□translat□d□□"benevolence"or□□u□anen□ss."Accor□i□□□o□o□fu□ius,Re□isthefu□□amental□irtuethat□efine□□um□nnatureandguidesm□□a□behavio□.Dao□stph□lo□oph□rs,o□theo□herhand□focused□nthen□tur□landspontane□usaspect□ofhumannature□advocatingfo□areturnto□implicitya□dh□rmon□withtheD□o(道),ort□eWay. TheconceptofRe□Z□a□eB□nYuanc□nbetra□edbacktoanc□entChi□e□eph□losophy□partic□lar□□Con□ucianism□ndDaoi□m.□onfucius,one□fthemostin□l□e□□ial□hilosophe□si□Chinesehistory,emphasized□heim□ortan□eof□en□仁),w□ic□canbetranslated□s"benevol□nce"or□hu□an□ne□s."Accordingto□onfu□ius,Renisthefundame□talvirtuethatde□□nesh□manna□u□eandgui□□smora□□ehavior□Dao□stphilosophers□on□he□□her□and,focusedon□henatura□andsp□□taneou□asp□cts□fhu□□nnatu□e□ad□ocat□□gforareturntosimplici□y□nd□□rmonywiththeDa□(道),ortheWay. Theconcep□ofRen□haDeBenY□an□anbetrace□back□□anc□e□□□hinese□hilosophy,particularl□Con□ucianisma□□Daoism.Confuci□s,on□ofth□mostinflu□ntialphilos□phersinChinesehistory,□mphasi□edth□i□□ort□nceofRen(仁),w□ichca□□etrans□ate□a□"be□□v□lence"or"□uman□ness."A□cor□ingt□□o□f□ci□s□Renisthefundamentalvirt□eth□tdefine□humannaturean□guide□m□ra□behavio□.Daoist□hilosophers,ontheother□a□d,f□cused□nthenaturalandspon□aneousa□pec□□□fh□mannature,advoca□ingforare□urntosim□licit□a□dhar□onywithth□Dao(道),ortheWay. Th□con□e□□ofRen□haDeBe□Yuanc□nb□tracedback□□anc□□ntChinese□hilo□op□y,particula□lyConfucianismandD□oism.Confucius□on□o□themostin□luent□al□hilosophersinChi□esehi□tory,em□hasize□th□importanc□o□R□n(□□□whichca□□e□ran□late□as"benevolence"or"hum□ne□e□□."□ccor□□ngtoConfucius□Renisthefundamen□al□irtu□th□tdefineshumannatureandguidesmoralbehavior.□aois□philosopher□,ontheot□erha□□,focusedonthenaturalandsponta□e□usaspectsofhuman□□tur□,advo□ati□gf□rareturntosimplicityan□harmony□ithth□Dao(□),ortheWay.