Di□ferentphiloso□h□ca□□□hoolsha□□offeredva□iousinte□□retatio□sofRenZhaDeBe□Yuan.InConfucia□i□m□□e□□ssee□asanin□erentqualityt□atcanbecu□t□□atedthrough□ducation,self-disci□line,andmoralpractice.Men□ius,ap□ominentConfucia□thinker,a□guedthathumanbe□n□s□rebornwitha□□□natesenseof□oodn□ss□whichcanbenurturedanddeve□opedth□oughpropergu□da□ceanded□ca□io□.□□nz□,anotherC□n□□cianp□i□osoph□r,took□□orepessimisticview,suggestin□tha□humann□tureisinherentlysel□isha□dthatm□ra□□irt□e□mustbei□p□sedt□ro□g□str□ctsocia□no□msandin□titutions. □ifferentphilo□o□hica□schools□aveof□□redvari□u□interpre□ation□of□e□Zh□DeBenY□an.In□onfuciani□m,□enisseenasanin□erentq□ality□hatcanb□c□ltivate□throu□heducation,sel□□discipli□e□and□oralpractic□.Mencius,a□rominent□onfu□ianthinker,□rgue□thathum□nbeingsarebornwithaninnatese□seofgoodnes□,□hichcanb□n□rturedan□de□elope□throug□pro□ergu□danc□a□deduca□ion.Xun□i,a□otherConfuci□nphilos□pher□□ookam□r□pessimisticview□sugge□ting□hathum□n□atu□e□sinheren□l□selfishandth□t□□□alvi□tuesmustb□imposedthroughst□ictsocialnor□s□ndinstitutions□ Differen□phi□□so□hicalsch□olshaveoffer□dvariousinterpre□ations□fRenZhaDe□enYuan.□n□□n□□□ia□ism,Renis□eenasaninheren□qualitythatcanbecultiva□e□through□d□cation,s□lf-di□cipline,□ndmoral□□act□ce.Menci□s,apro□inentConfucianthinker,ar□ue□tha□humanbeingsarebornwit□aninn□tesen□eofgoodness,whichcanb□n□r□u□e□□nddevelo□edthroughpro□ergui□ancea□ded□cati□n.Xunzi,a□otherConfu□ianphil□□□pher,tookamorepe□simisticview,suggesti□gt□athum□nn□tureisinherently□□lfishandthat□or□lvirtuesmust□eimpo□e□thro□ghstric□socialno□ms□ndinstitutions.□/p> Diff□rentphi□o□□phi□als□□□□lsha□eo□feredvari□u□inter□retationsofRenZ□aD□BenYuan.□nC□nfucianism,Renis□eenasaninher□ntquali□yt□atcanbecultivatedthroughed□□ation□se□□-discipline,an□mora□p□acti□e.Mencius,a□rominent□□nfuc□anthinker,arguedth□thuma□be□ngsarebornwithaninnatesenseofg□□dness,whichcanbenur□ure□anddevelope□throughprope□□u□danceandeduca□ion.Xunzi,anotherConfucian□hilosopher,□ook□m□r□p□□sim□sti□view□s□gges□i□□t□athumannatur□i□□nh□r□ntlyse□fi□han□thatmor□□virtu□□□□stbei□posedthrou□hstrictso□ialnormsandinsti□utions□