Di□fe□entphilosophicalschoolshaveoff□□edv□rious□□ter□retat□onsofRenZhaDe□enYuan.InCo□fuc□an□□m,Ren□□s□enas□ninhe□entqualitythatca□becul□iv□tedth□oughe□ucat□on,self-dis□i□line□andmo□alpractic□.M□n□ius,ap□ominentConfucianth□n□□r,argue□that□uman□eingsarebornwithaninnatesenseof□ood□ess,whichcanbenur□uredan□develo□ed□hroughproperguida□ceandedu□at□□n.Xunzi,a□otherConf□cia□phil□sopher,tooka□□□epessimisticvie□,□ugg□s□□ngthathumannatureisinher□ntly□elfis□an□thatmo□al□irt□esmustbeimpo□e□t□r□ugh□□rictsocialno□msandinst□tutio□s. □□>D□ffer□nt□hilo□ophica□schoo□shaveoff□□edvario□sinterpretation□ofRenZ□aDeBen□ua□.InConfucianism,Renisseenasaninherentqu□li□ythatcanbecultivat□dthrougheducation,self-discip□ine,and□oralpractice.Mencius,apromin□n□Conf□cia□□hinker□arguedthath□□□□beings□rebornwithani□nat□sen□eofg□od□ess,whichcanbenurtu□edanddev□lopedthrou□□p□op□rgu□dancea□d□ducat□□n.Xunzi,□nother□onfucianphilosopher□tookamorepessim□s□ic□□ew,su□ge□tingtha□h□m□nnat□re□s□n□ere□tlyselfishandthatmo□alvirtuesmustbeimposedthr□□gh□trictsocialnormsand□□stitutions.□/p><□>□iffere□tp□i□osophical□choo□s□□v□of□eredv□riousint□rpretation□ofR□nZh□De□enY□a□.□nC□nfu□ianism□□eniss□e□asa□inherentqualitythatcanbe□ultivat□dth□oughedu□ation,self-di□ciplin□,andmoralpractice.Me□cius,ap□om□nen□Confucianthi□□er,arg□□dtha□□uman□□ings□r□□□rnwithaninnatesenseof□oo□n□ss,which□anb□nur□uredandd□veloped□hr□ughp□ope□guidancean□ed□cation.Xunzi,anothe□□□□f□cianphil□sopher,tookamorepessimisticview□suggesti□gthath□□annature□s□n□□□□n□lyse□fishandtha□mo□alvirtuesmustbe□mp□sedthro□□hst□i□tsocialnorm□andinsti□utions. □iffe□entphilosop□icalschoolsha□□o□fe□ed□ar□ousint□□pretationsofRenZhaDeBenYu□n.InConfucianism,□en□ss□e□asaninh□rentq□alityt□atcanbe□□ltivatedthr□ugheducati□n,□elf-dis□ipl□ne,□ndmora□practice.Mencius,aprominentConfucianthinker,□rguedthat□umanbeing□arebornw□□haninnatesenseofgoodne□□,whichcanb□n□r□uredanddev□lope□th□ough□ropergu□□□nceand□ducation.Xunzi,a□ot□□r□onf□cianphiloso□her□tookamorepessimistic□□e□,s□ggesti□gthath□man□atureisinher□n□lys□lfishandt□atmo□alvirtues□ustbei□po□□dthroughstri□t□□cialnormsa□di□stitutio□□.