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□heco□ceptofRe□ZhaD□BenYuancanbetracedbac□□□□ncientChinesephilosophy□parti□ular□yConfucianism□ndDaoi□m.Co□fuciu□,on□ofthe□ostinfluentialph□losophers□nChinese□i□tory□e□p□asiz□dth□importance□fRen(□),w□□ch□□□betranslat□d□□"benevol□□ce"or"hu□an□ness□□□ccordingtoC□nfuciu□,□e□isthefu□damentalvirtuethatdefi□eshuma□na□ureandguid□smoralb□hav□or□Daoistphilosophers,ontheotherhand,focuse□on□henatura□andsp□nt□neousaspects□fhumannature,advoc□tingforareturntosi□plic□tyandharm□□ywit□the□ao(道□,or□heWay. Thec□nce□□o□□e□ZhaDeBenYua□canbetracedbac□toancie□tCh□□esephilo□ophy,par□icu□arlyConfu□ianis□andDaoism.Co□fucius,□neofthemostinfluent□alphilosop□ersinChinesehi□tor□,□m□h□sizedth□importanceofRen(仁□,whichcanbet□a□s□at□d□s"benevo□e□ce□or"humaneness."□ccor□ingtoConfucius,□□ni□thefundamenta□virtue□hat□□fi□eshumannatureandguidesmoralbehavior□D□oistphi□osoph□r□,ontheoth□r□and,focusedo□thenatur□□ands□onta□eo□saspectsofhumannature,advo□atingf□r□retur□□os□m□licit□□ndharmo□ywiththeDao□道)□ortheWay. Theconcepto□Re□□h□□□BenYuancanbetr□cedb□ck□oancientChinesephilosophy,particularlyConfucian□smandD□□ism.Confu□ius,one□fthemo□tinfluentialph□losop□ersinChineseh□stor□,em□□asizedtheimportance□fRen(仁□□wh□□hc□nbetr□n□□atedas"□enevolence"o□"human□ne□s."Accord□ng□□□onfu□ius,R□nist□e□u□damentalvi□tuethatdef□□eshumannature□nd□uidesmoralb□havior.Da□istp□ilosopher□,ontheo□herhand,□ocused□nthenaturalan□s□□ntaneousa□p□ctsofhu□annature,□dvo□ating□orare□urnto□implicityandharmon□wit□theDa□(道)□ort□eWa□.□> □p>TheconceptofRenZh□DeB□nYu□□ca□b□tr□cedb□ckto□nc□□n□Chinesephiloso□hy,particu□□□lyConfucianis□andDaois□.Confucius,oneofthemost□nfluent□a□philosop□□□si□Chinesehis□ory,e□□□asized□heimpo□□anc□ofRen(仁)□whichcanb□tra□sl□tedas"b□ne□ol□□ce"or"□umaneness."A□c□rdingtoC□nfuc□us,Renisthefu□damentalvirtuethatdefineshuma□natu□eandgui□□s□o□albeha□i□r.□aoistphilos□p□er□,ontheoth□rhand,focusedonthe□a□uralandspontane□usaspectsofhum□□natur□,advo□atingforar□turn□osimp□i□it□andhar□onyw□ththeDao(□)□or□heWay.□> The□o□□□ptof□enZhaDeBenYuancan□etracedb□c□toanc□entC□□neseph□los□p□y□□articularly□onfucian□sman□Daoism.Co□fu□i□s,one□fthemostinf□□entia□philo□□phers□□Chine□e□istory,□mphasized□□eimportanceofRen(仁),which□anbetranslated□s"benev□le□ce"or"humaneness."A□cordingto□onfu□i□s□□enisthef□nd□me□t□□virt□et□at□e□ines□umannatur□an□guidesmora□behavior.D□oistphilosopher□,ontheotherha□d,f□c□sedonthenatur□la□□s□ontan□ousa□pectsofhumannature,advoca□ingfor□r□tur□tosimplici□y□ndh□rm□□ywi□htheDao□□),□rtheWay.<□p>