Theco□ceptofRe□□haD□BenYua□canbetracedbacktoa□cientC□ines□philosophy,particularlyConfucianismandDaoism.Co□fucius,oneofthemostinflu□ntia□phil□□op□e□si□C□inesehistory,emphasi□□dthei□portance□fR□n(仁),whic□canb□□ran□lat□das"benev□le□ce□□□"humaneness."A□co□dingtoConfuc□us,Renisthefundamentalvirtuet□atdefin□shum□nnatureandguidesmor□□b□havior.Daoistphilosophe□s,ontheotherhand□□ocused□□thenatu□alan□spon□an□ou□as□□ctsofhu□annature,□dvocating□ora□eturnto□□□plic□tyandharmon□wi□htheDa□(道),□rtheW□□. Th□conce□to□RenZhaDeBenYuan□anbetr□ce□backtoan□□entChines□□hiloso□hy,p□□□ic□larlyCo□fuciani□mandDaois□.Con□ucius,oneof□hemos□influentialphilosophersinChinesehistory,em□hasizedt□eimportanceofRe□□仁)□whic□□anbetran□lated□s"benevolence"or□huma□ene□s."Acco□dingtoConfuc□u□,Renisthefundam□n□alvir□uethatdefinesh□□□nnatur□an□g□i□esmoralbeha□ior.Daoistp□ilos□phers,ont□□otherhand,fo□usedo□□hen□tura□an□spontaneousas□ectsofhumannatu□e□advocati□g□oraretu□ntosi□plicitya□dha□mony□iththeDao(道),□rtheWay. TheconceptofRe□ZhaDeBenY□ancanbetracedbac□t□a□□□□ntChinesephil□sophy,p□□t□cularlyCon□ucia□ismandDao□sm.C□nfu□ius,o□eofthemostinfluentialp□ilosoph□rs□nChinesehi□to□y□emphasizedt□e□m□o□tanc□ofR□n□仁),whichcanbetra□s□a□e□as"benevolence"or"h□□a□en□ss."Acc□rdingtoConfuci□s,Reni□thefund□mentalvi□tue□hatde□in□shumann□t□reand□u□□es□oralb□h□vior.Daoistphilo□ophers,ontheotherhand,□oc□sedon□henaturala□□□pon□an□ousaspe□tsofhumannature,a□vocat□n□for□re□□rntosimpl□cityandharmo□ywitht□eDao(道),ort□eWa□□