□heconceptof□enZ□aDeBenYuancan□etracedbacktoancient□h□nes□philos□phy□particularlyC□nfuc□anismandDao□s□.Confucius,oneofthemos□inf□uenti□lph□□osophersinC□i□es□hist□□y,emphas□zedth□imp□rtanceofRen(仁),wh□chcan□□translatedas"benevole□□e"□r"hu□□ne□□ss□"A□cordin□to□onfucius,R□nisth□fundam□nt□lvirt□□thatd□fineshumannaturea□dg□□desmoralbehavior.Daois□□hil□s□phe□s,ontheot□erhan□,f□cusedonth□naturala□d□ponta□eousaspectsof□umanna□ure,advo□atingf□r□returntosimpli□i□□andhar□onyw□ththeDao(□□,ortheWa□□□/p□□□>Theconce□t□fRenZhaDe□enYuanca□betracedbacktoanc□e□tChinesephil□sophy,particu□□rl□ConfucianismandDaoism.□onfucius,o□□□fthem□s□infl□entialphi□o□op□□rsinChinesehistory,emphas□zedthei□□ortanceofRen(□)□which□anbetranslatedas"benevol□nce"o□"□umanen□□s.□Acc□rdin□toConfucius,Renist□e□undamentalvi□tuethatde□in□shu□annatu□eandguidesmoral□ehavior.Daoistp□ilosophers,ontheotherhan□,focusedo□thenaturalandsp□ntaneousa□pectsofhumannature,adv□□atin□forare□urn□os□mplicitya□dhar□onywiththe□□□(道)□o□t□e□ay. Theconcept□fRenZhaDeB□nYuancan□etr□c□db□ckt□anc□entChinesephilosophy,□articularlyC□nfu□ia□□s□andDaoism.Conf□cius□o□eofthe□□stin□luentialphilosophersi□□hineseh□story,emphasiz□dthe□mp□□ta□□eofRe□(仁□,whichcanbe□□anslated□s"b□n□vol□nce"or"hu□anenes□."Acc□rdingt□C□nfu□ius,Re□ist□efundamen□alvirtuet□atdef□ne□humannature□ndgu□desmoralbe□avior.Daoistphilos□□□ers,ontheothe□hand,focusedonthenatu□aland□pontaneou□aspe□t□□□humannature,advo□□tingfo□are□ur□tos□mp□icityandharmonyw□thth□Dao(道□,orth□Way. □h□□onc□□tofRen□ha□e□en□uanca□be□race□backtoancientChi□es□p□□lo□ophy□particular□y□onfucianism□ndDao□sm.Confucius□oneofth□mostinfluentialphilosop□ersinC□ineseh□story,em□hasize□theim□ortanceofRen(仁),w□ichcanbetransla□edas"benev□lence"or"□umaneness."Accordin□toConfucius,Renisthefundamentalv□rtueth□t□ef□neshum□□naturean□guidesmor□lbe□avio□□Daoistphilosophers,ontheotherhand,f□cused□nthena□u□□landspontaneousaspec□□□□humannature,advo□□tingforaretu□□□osimpli□it□an□ha□□onywith□□□Dao□道),ort□e□ay.