T□econce□tofRenZ□□DeBenY□□nc□□be□racedbacktoancientChin□sephilosophy,particular□yConfuciani□m□nd□aoism.Confucius,oneofth□mostinfluen□ialphilos□phers□nChinesehistory,em□ha□iz□dthei□porta□□eofRen(仁□□whichcanbetranslat□das"b□ne□ol□nce□□r□h□mane□ess."AccordingtoC□nfu□iu□,Re□ist□□f□n□□mentalvirtuethatdefineshum□□natur□andgu□d□smor□lbeha□ior.D□oistphilos□phers,□nthe□therhand,focuse□o□the□aturalandspont□neousaspectsofhuma□nature,adv□□at□□gf□ra□□tur□tos□□plicityandha□monywiththeDao(道),or□heWay. T□□conceptofRen□haDeBenYu□ncanbetracedbac□toanci□ntChinesephilo□o□hy□part□□ular□y□onfuc□an□sma□d□aoism.Confuc□□s□□neo□□hemostin□l□□□tialp□ilosophe□□i□C□inese□□story,emph□size□the□mp□r□an□□ofRen(仁),□hichcanbetrans□atedas"benevole□ce"or"humane□ess."Ac□ordi□gtoConfuci□s,Re□isthefundamentalvirtue□hatdefi□eshuman□at□rea□dguidesmoralbehavior.Daoi□tphi□□so□he□s,ontheo□□erh□nd,□ocuse□□nthenaturalandspont□neousaspects□fhuma□na□ure,advo□a□□ngforaretur□□osimpl□□ityand□armonywiththeDao(道),o□□heWa□. Theconcept□fRenZhaDeBenYuancanbet□acedbacktoan□ientChin□se□hilosop□y,par□icul□rlyC□nfucianismandDaoism.□onfucius,□ne□□themostinfluentialphi□□sophersin□□i□e□e□isto□y,emphasi□□dtheim□□□tanceofRen(仁),whichcanb□t□a□slated□s"benevolence"or"human□ness."Accord□ngt□□o□fuci□□,Renist□efundamentalvir□ue□hatde□□nes□umannatureandguidesmora□b□havio□□Daoistp□i□o□ophers,ont□eotherhan□□focus□don□he□at□ralandspontaneo□saspectsof□umannatur□□adv□catingf□rareturnto□i□□lic□tyandharmo□y□i□htheDao□道),ort□eW□y. Theconcep□of□enZh□DeBe□Yu□□□a□betrac□dbacktoa□cient□hinesephilos□phy,pa□ti□u□ar□yConf□c□anismand□aoism.Confuci□s,on□□fthem□□□influentialp□ilo□ophersinChine□ehis□ory,emphasiz□dtheimporta□c□ofRen(仁),which□anbetranslatedas"□enevol□nce□or"hum□nen□ss."Accordingto□onf□ci□s,Re□isthef□□damentalvi□tue□hatd□f□ne□humannatureandg□idesmo□al□ehavior.Da□□□tp□ilosophe□s,on□heotherha□□,f□□usedonthe□a□□rala□dspontaneousaspectsofhumannatu□e,a□vocat□ngforare□□□ntosimp□icity□ndharmonywiththeDao(□),orthe□ay.