□heco□cep□o□Re□ZhaDeBenY□□□□anb□□racedba□ktoanci□ntCh□□□sephilos□□hy,□articu□arly□onfu□i□□ismandD□oism.□onfucius,oneofthemostinfluen□i□lph□□osophersin□hine□e□istory,emp□asi□ed□heimportan□eofRe□□仁),□□ichc□□□etranslate□as"benevolence□or"humaneness."AccordingtoConfuci□s,Renisth□fundam□ntal□irtue□hatd□fi□eshu□annatureandguid□smoralbeha□ior.Daois□philosop□e□s,□ntheotherhand,□ocu□edonthenaturalan□sp□nta□eousaspect□of□umannature,ad□ocatingforaret□r□□osim□licityan□h□rmonywiththeD□o(道),ortheWay□ T□□conc□□□o□RenZha□eBenYuancanbet□a□□d□ack□oancie□tCh□nesephil□sophy,p□r□i□ul□r□yC□n□uciani□mandD□oi□m.Con□uci□□,o□□ofthemostin□luenti□lphiloso□hersinChines□history,emph□sized□heim□orta□ceofRen(仁)□whichcanbetra□slatedas"□enevole□ce□or"humaneness."AccordingtoConfucius,□eni□thefun□a□entalv□rtuethatdef□ne□humannatu□ea□□□u□□esmoral□□havior.Daoistphilosophers,o□□he□□he□hand,fo□usedonthenatur□landspontaneousasp□cts□fhumannature,ad□ocatingf□rar□tur□tosim□licityan□harm□n□with□heDa□□道),□rth□□□y. Thecon□eptofRenZ□aDe□enYuancan□etracedback□oancie□tC□in□sephilosophy□□artic□larlyConfu□ia□ismandDao□sm.□onfucius,on□ofth□mostinfluent□alphilosophe□sinChinesehi□□ory,emph□size□t□ei□□o□ta□ceofR□n(仁),whichcanbetr□nslated□□"benevol□□ce"□r□humane□ess."AccordingtoCo□fuci□s,Renisthe□u□damentalvirtuethatdefineshu□annaturean□guides□ora□b□havio□.Daoistphilosophers,ontheot□erhand,□ocusedonthenat□ralandspontaneou□a□□e□□sofhumann□t□re□a□voc□t□ngfor□return□osimplicit□a□dha□monywiththeDao(□),ortheWay.<□□><□>Th□co□□ep□□f□enZhaDeBen□uancan□□tra□□dbacktoancien□Chinesephiloso□h□,pa□□icularlyConfucia□isma□□□aois□.Confuci□s,oneofthemosti□f□ue□tial□h□losoph□□□□nChinesehistory,□mphasizedtheimp□rta□ce□fR□n(仁□,whi□hc□n□etr□nsl□tedas"ben□volence"or□humane□ess."According□oConfuciu□,Re□is□hefun□amentalvirtuet□atdef□neshu□annaturea□dguides□□r□lb□havior.Daoistphilosophers,ontheotherhan□,f□cusedo□then□□u□alandspontaneou□asp□ctsof□uman□ature,advocatingfora□etu□nt□simplicityan□harmon□w□t□t□e□ao(□),or□heWay. Thecon□□pt□fRe□□ha□eBenYuanc□n□etr□cedbacktoancientChi□esephi□os□phy□particularlyCo□fucianis□andDaoism.Conf□cius,o□eof□he□ostinfluentialphilosophe□sinChi□esehisto□y,emphasizedtheim□ortan□□ofRen(仁),whi□hcan□etrans□atedas"□enev□le□ce□or"humanen□ss."Acc□rdingtoConfu□ius,Renisthefundamentalv□rtuethatde□i□□shuman□□t□reandguides□□ralbehav□or.Daoistphilosophers□onth□otherhand,focusedo□t□ena□ura□□nd□pontaneous□spe□tsofhuman□ature,ad□ocati□□forareturntos□mplic□tyandha□mony□□t□theDao(□),ort□eWay.