The□oncepto□RenZhaDeBenYuancanbetracedb□cktoancien□Chinesephiloso□hy,par□□cularl□Conf□□ia□i□man□Daois□.Con□ucius,oneofth□mostin□luentialphilosophers□nChinesehisto□□,emphasize□thei□portanc□of□en(仁□,which□□nbet□ansl□te□as"b□nevolen□e"o□"huma□eness□"A□cording□oConfu□□□□□R□nisthefundamentalvir□u□t□atdefine□hum□nnatur□□□d□uid□smoralbe□avio□.Daois□philoso□hers,□ntheot□erhand,foc□□□donthenaturalandsponta□eousaspectsof□umannature,ad□ocatin□□oraretur□tosi□plic□tyandharmon□withth□Dao(道),ortheWay. The□oncept□□Re□ZhaDeBenYuancanbe□racedb□cktoa□cientChin□□e□hilosophy□pa□ti□ularlyConfu□i□nismand□aoism□Confu□ius,oneofthemostin□luentialphilosop□ersinC□ines□hi□tory,empha□iz□dtheim□ortanceofRen(□),which□a□b□translate□as"benevolence"or□□umaneness."Acco□dingtoConfuciu□,Ren□s□□efundame□□□lvirtuetha□defineshumannature□n□g□idesmoralbeha□ior□D□ois□ph□los□phers,ontheotherhand,focuse□on□□□natu□alandspontaneousaspectsof□uman□ature,advocat□ngfor□returntosimplici□yandha□mo□ywith□heD□o(□),o□theWay. Theconc□p□ofRenZ□aDe□e□Yua□□anb□tra□ed□acktoancientChin□sephilo□ophy□pa□ti□□la□lyConfucianisma□dDao□s□.□onfuc□us□□neoft□□m□sti□fluenti□lphilosophe□sinChi□□□e□istory,em□h□□□zedthe□mpo□ta□ceofRen□仁),□h□chc□nbetranslat□das"ben□volenc□"or"hum□ne□ess."Ac□ord□ngtoConf□cius□Renist□ef□ndamentalvirtuet□atdefineshumann□tureand□uidesmoralbehavi□r.D□oi□tphilo□o□h□□□,o□the□therhan□□foc□sedonthen□turalan□spontaneousasp□□tsofhumannature,ad□oca□ingforare□□r□tosimpl□cityan□harm□nywit□theDao□道),orth□Way.