□ifferentphilosophic□lsch□ol□haveoffe□edv□riousinterpretatio□sofR□n□□aDeBenYuan.InConfucian□□m,Reniss□enasaninherent□ualitythatcanbecul□ivatedthroughedu□ation,self□discipline,andmoralpr□ct□ce.Mencius,aprom□nentConfu□iant□inker,□□g□ed□h□thumanb□□ngsarebornwithaninnat□sen□□ofg□od□□ss,□hi□hcanbenurt□red□ndd□velo□e□throughp□operg□idanc□andeduc□□ion□□unzi,an□therCon□u□ianphilosop□er□too□□mor□□es□imisticvi□w,suggest□ngt□athuma□na□ureisinher□ntlyselfishandth□tmo□alv□rt□es□ustbeimposedt□r□u□hstrict□□cialnormsandinstitutions. Differentph□l□soph□c□lsc□□olsh□veoffe□e□vari□usinterp□etationso□RenZh□DeB□nYua□□InC□□fucianism,Re□isse□nasan□nh□rentqualit□□hatcan□□cultiva□edt□rougheducation,s□lf-□iscipli□e,□ndmoralpracti□□.Menc□us,a□romi□entConfucianthink□r,□rg□edt□a□□umanbei□□sarebornwithanin□atesens□of□oodness□whichc□□□enurturedanddevelopedthrou□hprope□gu□da□ceande□ucation.Xun□i,anotherCon□□c□a□philos□pher,tooka□orepessi□ist□c□iew,sug□estingthathuman□atur□□□in□erently□e□fishandthatmoralvirtues□u□tbeimpo□ed□hroug□str□ctsocialnor□sandin□titutions. Differentphilosophicalsc□oolshaveoffe□edv□□io□s□nte□pret□tionsofRenZhaDe□enYu□n.InConfu□ia□ism,Renisseenasaninherent□ualit□that□a□becultivatedthroug□educ□ti□n□se□f-discipli□e,an□moralpractice.Men□□□s,ap□o□inen□□onfucianthi□ker□arg□e□t□ath□ma□□e□ngsarebor□withaninnatesen□eofgoodness,which□□nbenurtu□e□an□dev□l□pedthroughprope□guidanceande□ucation.Xunzi,anotherConfucianphilosopher,□ooka□orep□ssimisti□v□□w,s□ggestingthathumann□□ureisi□he□entl□selfishand□hatmora□virtue□m□s□be□mpos□dthroughstrict□ocia□nor□sand□nstituti□ns. □iffe□□n□philosophical□chools□av□o□feredvari□u□i□terpretationsof□enZhaDeBe□Yuan.□nCo□fu□ian□sm,Renisseenasaninherentqualitytha□canbecu□tivate□□hrou□heduc□tion□se□f-discipline,an□mora□pra□tice.Me□cius,a□romin□ntC□□□u□ianthinker,arguedthathu□anbeing□arebor□□ithani□nat□se□seofgoo□ness,w□ichcanbenurturedanddevelopedthro□ghprope□g□id□□ceandeducation□Xunzi,□nothe□C□nfucianphilosopher□tookamore□essimisticvi□w,suggestingthat□u□□nnatureisinhere□tl□□□l□□s□and□□atmor□l□□rtuesmust□eimpose□□hrough□□r□ct□ocialn□rmsan□institutio□s.