□iffe□e□tphilosophical□choolsha□eofferedvariousinterpretati□□□ofRenZhaDe□enYuan.□nConfucia□ism,Renis□eena□ani□herent□ualitythatcanbe□ultivatedt□rougheduc□t□on,self-di□c□pline□andmoralpract□ce.Men□iu□,□prominentConfucianthinker□argu□dthathum□nbeingsareb□r□□ithani□natesenseofgoodness,whic□□□nbe□urturedanddevelopedthrou□h□roperguidanceande□ucation.X□n□i,□notherConfucianp□ilosopher□tookam□□epes□im□s□icvi□□□sugges□ingthathuman□atur□is□□herentlyself□□handthatmoralvirt□□smustb□im□osedt□□o□ghs□rictsocial□or□sandins□itutions□<□p> Differe□tphilosophicalschoolshaveo□fere□variousint□rpretat□onsofRenZhaDeBenY□an.InC□nfuciani□m,Renisseenasaninher□ntqual□tyth□tc□nbecultivat□dthr□u□h□duca□ion,□□□f-di□cipline,andmor□lpractice.Menc□u□,ap□ominen□Confucianthi□□er,arguedthat□umanbein□sare□o□nwitha□i□n□□esenseofgoodn□s□,whichcanbenurture□anddevelop□dt□roughp□o□e□□uidanc□anded□cation.□u□zi,an□th□□Confucianphilos□□□er,tookam□repessimisticview,□ugge□tingthath□man□atureis□nherentlyse□fishandthatmoralvirt□esmust□e□m□osed□hrou□hstrict□o□i□lnorm□andinstitutions. Differen□philosophicalsc□oo□□ha□e□fferedv□riousinterpret□□ionso□R□nZhaDeB□n□uan.□nConfucian□sm,Renisse□nasaninherentqual□tythat□anb□cultivat□dthroug□education,s□lf□di□cipline,□ndmoralpractice.Mencius,apromi□e□tConfucian□□inker,argue□thathuma□bei□gsarebornw□thaninnates□n□eofgoo□nes□,whichcanbenurturedanddevelopedt□r□□g□□□operguidanceandeducation.Xunzi,anotherCo□□ucianphiloso□her□took□morepessimist□c□iew□sugg□□tingthat□u□ann□t□□eisinhe□entlyself□shandthatmor□lvirtuesmust□ei□posedth□□ughst□□cts□cial□ormsan□i□stit□t□on□. □p>Dif□erentphi□osop□□ca□schoolshaveo□feredvariousint□□pre□□tion□o□Re□ZhaDeBen□□□n.□nC□nfuciani□m,□enisseenas□nin□erentqualit□thatca□becultivated□hroug□edu□ation,sel□-discip□ine,andmoralp□ac□ice.Mencius,aprominentCon□ucianthin□e□,arguedtha□humanb□i□gsa□ebo□□with□n□nnatesen□eo□g□odne□s,whic□canbenurtur□dan□deve□opedth□o□ghprope□guidanceande□uca□i□n.Xunzi,a□otherConfucianphilo□opher,□ooka□orep□ssimis□icview,su□gestingthat□umann□tureis□nhe□e□tl□sel□is□a□dthat□oralv□r□uesmustbeimp□sedthro□□hstr□ct□oc□alnorm□andinstitutions.