Th□conce□□ofRe□Zh□DeBen□uancanbetra□edbac□toan□□e□tChinese□hilos□phy,pa□ticula□ly□onfu□ia□ismand□aoism.Co□fu□ius□oneofthemostinflu□n□ialphilosophersinChinesehi□tory□e□pha□i□e□□heimpo□tanceofRen(□)□whi□hca□betr□nslat□das"□enevolence□or"humanen□ss□"Accordin□□oCo□fu□ius,Renisthef□ndament□lvirtue□□a□d□fines□□man□a□urean□guide□moralbe□avior.Dao□st□hilo□oph□rs,ontheotherhand□foc□sedo□thenatural□nds□ontaneousa□pectsof□u□a□nat□re,□dvocatingfor□return□osimplic□□□and□□rmonywit□□heD□o(道),ortheWay. TheconceptofRenZ□aDeBenYuancanb□trac□dba□kto□n□i□ntCh□neseph□l□sophy□particula□lyC□n□u□ianismandDaoism□Confucius,oneofthemostinf□u□nti□lphil□so□hersinChinesehis□ory,emphasize□t□eimpor□anceofRe□(仁□,w□ichc□nb□translated□s□b□ne□□lence"or"humane□ess."A□cording□oConfuciu□,Re□ist□efundam□nta□virtuet□atd□fine□□umannatureandguide□□oralbeha□i□r□Dao□st□hilosophers,onth□other□and,focusedonthenaturalan□sp□nt□ne□usaspe□tsofhu□annature□advocatingf□rareturntosimplici□yandh□rm□nywiththe□ao(道),o□theWay.<□p><□>TheconceptofRen□□aDeB□nYuancanbetr□c□d□ackto□ncientChin□sephilo□ophy□particularl□□onfuci□nisma□dDaoism.Con□□cius,oneofthemostinflue□tialphilos□phe□sinChi□ese□istory,emp□asizedt□eimpo□tan□eo□Ren(仁),whic□canbetransl□te□as"b□ne□olence"o□□h□mane□ess."Acc□rdingtoC□nfucius□Ren□st□efundame□□alvi□t□ethatdef□neshum□nnatu□eandguidesm□ralb□h□vior.Da□istp□iloso□hers,ontheo□herhan□,□ocusedonth□naturaland□pon□aneou□aspect□ofhumanna□ure,advocat□n□forareturn□osimp□icityandh□r□onyw□ththeDao□道),ortheWa□□□><□□The□o□ceptofRenZ□aDeBenYu□ncanbetracedbacktoa□c□entChi□e□ephilo□□phy□□articula□lyCo□fu□i□nismandD□oism.Co□fuciu□,oneo□t□emostinfluen□i□lphilosopher□i□Chinesehistory,empha□izedth□imp□rtanc□ofRen(仁),wh□chcanbetran□l□te□□s"benevolence"or"□umane□ess."According□oConfucius,Renisthefun□amentalvirt□□□ha□d□fineshuma□nature□ndgu□desmoralbehavior.□aoistphil□sophe□s,onthe□ther□a□d,□ocusedonthenatu□aland□pontaneous□spect□of□umannature,advo□ating□ora□eturntosimpl□cityand□□rmonywi□□theD□o(□)□□rtheW□y.□/□> The□oncep□o□RenZhaDeBenYuancanbetraced□ackt□ancientCh□nes□phi□osophy,□articularl□C□nfuci□nism□nd□aoism.Confu□iu□□□neof□hemosti□fl□enti□lphilosophe□sinC□inese□istory,e□phasi□ed□he□mportan□eo□Ren(仁),whichcanbetranslatedas□benevolence"o□"□um□n□□ess."AccordingtoCo□fucius,□e□isth□fundamentalvirtuethatd□fine□□umannatureandguides□oral□ehavior.Daoistph□losophers,□ntheotherhan□,focusedon□h□n□tura□andspo□t□neous□spectso□human□ature□a□vocatin□forareturntos□mpl□cityandhar□ony□□ththeDao(道),□rtheWay.