Th□conceptofRe□Z□aDeBenYuan□anbetr□ce□ba□ktoancie□□Chinesephiloso□hy,p□□ticular□yCon□ucianismandDaois□.Con□uc□us,oneofthem□stinfl□□nt□alphiloso□hersinChi□esehistory,emphasizedthe□mpor□a□c□ofRen(仁),whichcanbetranslatedas□bene□olence□or"humaneness."A□□ordingtoConfucius,Reni□thefundament□lvirtuethatdefin□s□uman□aturean□gui□es□□ralbeh□vi□r.Dao□stphilosop□□rs,ontheot□erhand,□ocused□nthenaturalandsp□nt□neou□□spect□ofhumannature□advocating□orare□urn□osimplicity□nd□armonywithth□□ao(道)□o□th□Way□ Theconc□ptofRe□Z□aDeBen□ua□canbetr□cedbackto□ncie□tC□inesephilosophy,particularl□C□nfucianis□an□Da□ism.Confucius□□neofthe□ostinfluent□alphilo□ophersinChi□esehisto□y,emphasi□edthe□□po□t□nceofRen(仁),w□ichcanbe□ranslateda□"benev□le□ce"or"human□ness."AccordingtoConf□cius,Renisthe□undamentalv□r□u□thatdefin□□humannatureandgu□desmo□al□eha□ior□Daoistphilo□ophers,ontheo□herh□nd□focuse□ont□enatura□□ndspont□ne□usaspects□fh□man□atu□e□advocatin□fo□aretu□ntos□□plicityan□harmonywiththeDao(道),orth□Way. Th□conceptof□enZha□eBenYuancan□et□□cedba□kt□ancientChines□phi□osop□□,p□rtic□□arlyC□nfucianisma□dDa□ism.□onfu□iu□,oneofthemost□nflue□ti□lphilo□□phe□sinChine□ehisto□□□emphasizedtheimportanceo□Ren□仁),□hichcan□et□anslatedas□benevolen□e"or"humaneness."□ccordin□t□Con□□cius,R□nisthefund□me□talvirtu□□hat□efineshu□an□atur□andg□□d□s□or□l□ehavior.Da□□st□hilosop□ers,onth□□□he□hand,focusedonthenaturalandsp□nt□ne□usaspectsofh□man□atur□,advo□ati□□forareturntosimplicity□n□harmonyw□□htheDao(道),o□theWay.