Differe□tphilosop□icalschool□haveofferedva□□o□□interp□etati□nso□RenZhaDeBe□Yuan□I□Co□fu□ia□is□□Reni□seena□a□in□e□entquali□yt□atcanb□cultivat□dthro□□h□ducati□□,□el□□discipli□e,□□dm□ralpractice□Menci□□,apromine□tConfucianthinker,□rguedth□thumanbeing□arebornw□than□□natesen□e□f□oodn□ss,which□anbenurtureda□ddevelopedth□oughprop□r□uidanceanded□catio□.Xun□i,anotherCo□fucianphilosop□er,□o□kamore□essimisticvie□,suggesti□gt□athumann□tureisinherentlysel□ishandthat□or□lvi□tuesmustbe□m□□sedthroug□str□ctsoci□lnormsand□nsti□utio□s.<□p> Differentph□lo□ophicalschools□av□offere□var□ou□interpretati□nsofRe□□ha□□□enYu□n.InConfucianism□R□ni□s□enasaninher□ntquality□ha□canbecu□tiv□tedthrougheducation,self-discipline,andmo□alpra□tice□Me□cius,ap□ominen□Confu□i□nthinker,arguedthath□ma□□e□ngsareborn□ithan□nn□tesenseofgoodness,w□ichcanbenurture□anddeve□opedthr□ughpro□□rgui□ance□ndedu□ation.Xunzi,a□otherCo□fucianphilosophe□,tooka□orepes□imi□t□□view,su□gestingthat□umann□tureisinher□ntlysel□□shandthatmoral□ir□uesmus□beimposedt□□ou□hstric□so□ia□n□rmsandi□st□tuti□ns.□/p><□>Dif□erentphilosophica□□cho□□sha□eoff□redv□rio□sint□rp□etatio□□□fRe□ZhaD□□en□uan.□n□onfuci□nism□Renisseenasa□inh□rentqualityth□tcan□□c□l□iv□t□dt□rou□heducation,sel□-□isci□l□□e□andmoralprac□ic□.Mencius,apro□inentConfucianthinker,arguedthathumanbeing□arebornwithaninn□tesenseof□oo□ness,whic□c□nbe□urturedanddev□lopedthroughp□□perguidanceandeducat□on.Xunz□,anotherC□nfucianp□il□sopher,t□oka□ore□e□simist□cview,sug□estingthathu□a□n□tureisinhere□tly□el□ishandthatmoralvirtuesmustbeimpo□ed□hro□gh□trictsocialnor□sandinstitu□ion□. Di□ferentp□ilosop□ica□sch□olsha□eofferedvarious□nterpretat□ons□□RenZhaDeBenYu□n.InConfuciani□m□Ren□sseenasaninhe□e□t□□al□tythatc□nb□□ult□vatedt□r□u□heducat□on,□elf-disci□□ine,and□□ralpract□ce.Mencius,ap□o□inentConfu□□an□hinker,argue□thathumanbeingsarebornwi□hani□natesens□□fgoodness,whichc□nbenu□t□□edanddevel□pedthr□u□□prope□guidanceandeducation.Xu□zi,ano□he□□onfucian□hil□s□ph□r,tookamore□es□imisticv□□w,suggest□n□thathuman□a□u□eisinh□rent□yselfi□ha□dthatmoralvirtues□u□tbeimposedthrou□hstri□t□oc□al□ormsandin□tituti□ns□□> Diff□rentp□□los□ph□calschoo□□haveoffered□a□iousi□□erpre□ati□nsofRenZhaD□BenYua□□I□Confucianism,Ren□ss□enasaninhere□tqual□t□that□anbecultiva□e□th□ougheducation,self-disc□p□ine,andmoralpractice.Mencius,a□rom□nent□onfu□□an□hinker□ar□u□dthathum□nbei□g□areb□rnwithaninnates□nseofgoodness,whichcanbenurtur□danddev□lopedthroughproperguida□ceanded□catio□.X□nzi□anotherC□nfucianphilos□□her,tookamorepessimisticview,suggest□ngth□thu□□n□atureisi□herentlyselfish□ndtha□moralvirtues□ustbei□po□edthrou□hstric□socialn□rmsandins□itutions.<□p>