Theconceptof□enZhaD□BenYuancanbetracedbacktoan□□en□C□in□sephi□osophy,□articularlyCo□fucianisma□dDaoi□m.Con□ucius,oneofth□most□nf□ue□tialphilosophersinC□ineseh□story□e□ph□si□ed□h□□mp□r□anceofRen(仁),wh□□hcan□etranslateda□"benevo□enc□"or"hu□a□□ness."Ac□ordingtoConfu□ius,Renisthefundamentalvirtuetha□define□humannatureandguide□□oralbehavi□□.□ao□stph□losophers,ontheotherha□□,focus□□onthenat□ra□a□dsp□nt□neousaspectsofhu□an□at□re,advo□ati□gfo□areturntosim□lici□yandharmon□wit□the□ao□道),ortheWa□. TheconceptofRen□haDeBen□ua□c□nbetraced□a□ktoancient□hi□ese□hilo□ophy,particularlyC□□fuc□anisma□□Daoism.Co□fuc□u□,□neo□t□emost□nfluentialphilosophe□sinChi□esehistory,e□□□□si□ed□heim□ortan□e□fRen(仁),whi□hca□betr□□slated□s"□e□ev□l□nce"or□human□ness."Accordi□gt□Confucius,Renisth□fundamentalvir□uethatdefineshum□nnature□ndgu□desmoral□eha□io□.Dao□stphi□oso□hers,ontheotherha□□,focusedonthena□u□aland□pontaneous□s□e□□s□fhum□nnat□r□□advo□ati□gfor□returntosimpl□city□nd□armonywiththeDao□道),orthe□ay.<□p□ □hec□□cept□f□e□ZhaDeBenYua□canbetracedb□cktoanc□entChines□□hil□□oph□,□a□ticula□lyConfucianismandDaoism□C□nf□cius,o□eofthemo□tinfl□entialphilosophersinChines□history,e□phas□z□dtheimp□rtanc□□fRen(□□,whi□hcanbetran□latedas"be□evolence"or"humaneness."Accordingt□Confucius□Reni□thefun□amenta□virtu□□hat□ef□□eshumann□tu□eandguidesmoralbehavior.Daoi□tph□losophers□onth□o□herhand,foc□□e□onthenatur□landspontaneousaspec□□ofhumannatu□e,ad□ocat□ng□o□areturntosimplicityandharmony□i□htheD□o(道□,ortheWay. Theconc□ptofRenZhaD□BenYuanc□nb□tracedb□cktoancient□hines□philo□□phy,part□c□larlyConf□cianismandD□□ism.□onfucius,oneofthemostinfluentialphilos□phersi□Chinese□i□□ory,emph□s□□edthei□□ort□nce□fRen(□),wh□chcanb□tra□s□at□das"benev□lence"or□hum□neness□□Acco□d□ngtoConfuc□us,Renist□e□undam□ntalvirtuethatde□ineshuma□n□turean□guides□or□lbehavi□r.□aoistphilo□op□□□s,o□the□the□hand,focuse□ont□en□t□r□□a□dsp□ntane□usas□ectsofhumann□ture,advocatingf□raretur□tos□mplicityandharmonywiththeDao(□),o□theWa□.