Theconcep□□f□e□Zh□DeBenYuancanbet□ace□ba□ktoa□□ien□Chines□philosophy,particul□□lyC□nfu□i□nism□ndDa□□s□.Co□fucius,on□ofthe□os□influen□ialphilos□□hersinC□inesehisto□y,emphasiz□dtheimportance□fRen(仁),whichcanb□translateda□□be□evolen□e□o□"humaneness."AccordingtoC□□fu□ius□Renisthef□n□am□□talvirtu□thatdefine□humannatureandguidesmo□albe□a□ior.Daoistph□losop□ers,ontheothe□hand,fo□□□edon□henatura□□ndspont□neousaspectsofh□mannature,□dvoca□i□gforar□turntosimpl□cityandharmo□yw□□h□h□Dao(道),orthe□ay. TheconceptofRe□ZhaD□B□nYuanc□nbetracedbacktoa□cientCh□□□□e□hilos□□□y□□articularlyC□n□ucia□i□mandDaoism□Co□fu□ius,oneofth□□osti□□luentialphilosoph□rsinChinesehist□□y,em□hasizedtheimportanceo□Ren(仁)□wh□chcanb□□ranslatedas"□enevolence"or"huma□ene□s."Accor□ingtoCon□u□iu□,Renisthefund□ment□□vi□tuethatde□i□eshumannatureandg□idesmoral□eh□v□or.□a□istphilosopher□,on□heotherhand,focuse□onthe□□t□rala□dspont□neous□spectsofhumannature,ad□□c□tingfor□r□turntosimplic□ty□n□harmony□itht□e□ao(道),ortheWay.□□p□ Th□concept□fRen□□aDeBenY□ancanbetracedbacktoancientChines□philo□ophy,partic□larlyCo□fuci□nismand□ao□sm.Co□fucius,oneof□he□o□tinfluenti□lphilosophersinC□ineseh□□t□ry,□mphasiz□dt□eimpo□ta□□eofRe□□仁),w□ichcanbetranslate□as"benev□lence"or"humaneness."□ccording□o□on□uc□u□,□en□sthef□nda□entalvirt□ethatd□f□nesh□ma□□ature□n□gu□de□moralb□havio□.□ao□stphilosophers,on□heotherh□nd,foc□sedo□thena□uralandspontane□us□s□ectsofhumannat□re,advoca□□ngforareturntosimplicityandhar□on□wi□□□heDao(道),ort□eWay.□> Thecon□e□tof□en□haDeBenYuancanb□tr□cedbac□□oancientC□inesephilosophy,partic□larlyConf□ci□nismandD□oism.□onfucius,o□eo□□hemosti□f□ue□tial□hilo□□p□ersinChi□□sehistory,emphasizedtheim□ortanceofRen(仁),which□a□be□ranslated□s"benevolence"or"humaneness."Acco□dingt□Con□uc□us,Ren□□t□efu□dam□ntalv□r□□ethatdefineshu□an□atureandguidesmoralbe□avior□Daoistphilos□□hers,ontheother□a□d,□oc□sedo□then□turalan□spont□n□ous□s□ectsofhuman□ature□advoca□ingfora□et□rntosim□l□cityandharm□nywiththeD□o□□),o□theW□y. Theconce□tof□□□ZhaDe□enYu□nca□be□racedbacktoanc□entChi□□□ephi□osophy□partic□larlyConfucianismandDa□ism□Confuc□us□one□ft□em□st□□f□uentialph□□oso□hersinChine□eh□stor□□□mph□s□zedtheimportance□fRen□仁),whichc□nbet□ans□ated□s"benevo□ence"or□humanene□s."A□cording□oConfucius□□enisthefun□amental□□r□uethatdefin□shumannat□□eandg□idesmora□b□hav□or.Daoistphilosophers,ontheotherhand,focusedonthenatu□alandspo□ta□eousaspectsofhumannatu□e,ad□ocatingfo□ar□turntosim□licityandharmonyw□t□theDao(道),orthe□ay.