Di□f□ren□ph□loso□h□c□lschools□ave□ffere□vari□usinter□re□ationso□RenZhaDeBenYu□n.I□Confucianism□R□nisseenas□ninherent□ual□tythatcanbec□ltivatedthrougheducation,self□disci□lin□,andmoralpractice.Menc□□s□aprom□nen□□on□u□ian□hi□ker,argued□ha□humanbeing□arebo□n□ithaninnates□nseofgoodne□s,w□i□hcanbenurtur□d□n□dev□lopedthroughpropergu□□anceandeducati□n.Xunz□,□notherC□nfucia□□hilosopher,tookamor□□essimisticview□sug□□sting□hathumannatureisinhere□tlyselfishandthatmoralv□rtue□mustbeimpos□dt□□ough□tri□tsoc□□lnor□□a□dinsti□ut□ons. Differentph□lo□ophic□lsch□ols□ave□fferedv□ri□u□□□te□pre□ationsofRen□haDeBenYu□n□In□on□ucianism,Re□i□□eenasa□inherentquali□□tha□ca□□ecultiva□edt□ro□□heduc□t□o□,se□f-discip□ine,an□mo□alpract□ce.M□ncius,apromine□tConfu□□a□thinker,a□gu□□thathumanb□ingsarebornw□thaninn□tese□seofg□□dness,w□ichcanbenurturedanddevelopedthroughproperguidan□eandeducation.Xunzi,anotherConfu□ianphilo□opher,took□m□repessimisticview,suggesti□g□ha□h□mannatureisin□erently□elfish□nd□ha□moralvirtuesmustbei□posedthroughstr□c□socialno□msand□nstituti□ns. Differentphilosophical□ch□□lsh□□eo□feredvario□s□n□erp□e□a□ionsofRenZh□DeBe□Yu□n□□□Confucianism,Re□isseenasaninherentquality□hatcanbecul□iva□edthrougheducation□self-di□cipline,andmora□p□acti□e.Mencius,aprom□nentConfuci□nthin□er,arguedthath□ma□bein□□□r□bornwi□haninnatesenseo□go□dness,□hichcanb□□u□□u□edandd□velop□dthroug□properguidance□ndeduc□tion.Xunzi□a□otherCo□fucianphilo□□pher,t□okamorepess□misti□view,suggesting□hathumanna□u□eis□nhe□entlysel□ish□ndtha□mo□alvirtu□smu□tbeimposed□hroughstri□□soci□lnormsandinstitution□. Di□feren□phil□sophi□alscho□lsh□veofferedvariousinterp□etationsofRe□ZhaDeBe□Y□an.InConfucia□ism□Renisseena□an□n□erentquali□□thatcanbe□ulti□a□edthrougheducati□n,s□lf-□□□c□pline,□□d□oral□r□ctice.Men□ius,aprominentC□nfuciant□inker,□rguedthat□uman□e□ngs□□ebor□withanin□□te□enseofgoodnes□,w□i□hcan□e□urtur□dan□developedthro□ghpr□per□uidancea□deducati□n.Xun□□,anotherCon□□□ianp□il□□□ph□r,tookamore□es□imist□cview,suggest□ngthath□□annature□si□herentlyselfishandt□atmoralv□rtue□m□stbeimpo□edthr□□g□strictsocia□n□rmsandinstitutions. Differ□ntp□ilosophic□lsc□o□lshaveofferedvar□ousinterpreta□ionsofRenZh□DeBenYuan.InConf□□ianism,Renissee□asaninherentqualit□t□atcanbecul□i□□□edthroughe□u□ation□se□f-d□scipline,andmoralpra□tice.Men□ius,apro□in□ntC□□fucia□thi□ker,argued□hathuma□being□are□o□nwith□□□nnatesenseofgoodness,whi□hcanbenurtureda□ddeveloped□hroughpro□ergu□d□nceande□□c□tio□.Xunzi□a□otherConf□□ianphil□s□p□er,took□m□repessim□sticv□ew,sugg□sting□hathum□n□at□reisinhere□tlyse□fishan□th□tmoralvirtues□us□beimp□s□dthrou□hstrict□ocial□ormsandinst□t□tions.<□p>