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Thec□ncept□fR□nZhaDeBenYua□c□nbe□racedbacktoancientChin□□ephilosop□□,□art□cul□rlyConfuc□anismandD□oism.Co□fuci□s,oneofthe□ostinfl□entia□ph□losophersin□hin□sehist□ry,emphasiz□d□he□mportance□fRe□(仁),whichca□b□□rans□a□edas□□ene□olence"□r"humaneness."AccordingtoConfucius,Renisthefundamental□ir□□et□□□defi□es□u□an□atu□eandguide□moralbe□a□ior.Daois□ph□lo□ophers,on□he□therh□nd,focusedon□□enatura□and□pon□aneou□asp□□tsofhumannature□advocatingf□r□return□o□□□plicitya□dha□mo□yw□t□t□eDao(道□,ortheWa□□<□p> Thec□nce□t□f□enZ□□□eBe□□uan□anbetracedback□oancie□t□hin□sephiloso□□y□particularlyConfucia□ism□ndDaoism.C□nfucius,on□of□hemostinfluentialphil□s□p□ersinChinese□istory□em□hasize□□heimporta□ceo□R□n(仁),□hi□hcanb□translatedas"benev□lence"or"humane□ess."Acc□rdin□toC□nf□ci□s□Reni□thef□nd□□entalvirtueth□t□e□i□e□huma□naturea□dguidesmoral□ehavior.Daois□□□ilosophers,ontheotherhand,□o□usedonthenat□raland□pontaneousaspectsof□umann□ture□ad□□ca□ingforaretur□t□si□plicity□ndha□monyw□ththeDao(道),□rtheWay. TheconceptofRenZhaDe□e□Yuan□anbetracedbackto□ncientC□inesep□ilosoph□,particularlyConfuci□nisma□dDaoism.□onfuci□s,□neoft□emo□tinf□□en□i□l□hil□sophers□nChi□e□ehi□tory,empha□izedtheimport□n□eofRen(仁□,wh□chca□bet□a□sla□□das"benevolenc□"or"human□□ess."Accordingto□onfuci□s,Renist□e□und□mentalvirtuethatdefin□shumannatureandg□id□smor□l□ehavior.Daoist□hilosoph□r□,□ntheotherha□d,focuse□o□th□naturalandspontan□□us□spe□tso□humannature,□□□oca□ingfo□□r□□ur□□□simplici□yandharmonywiththeDao(道),ortheWay.