Dif□ere□tp□□□osophicalschoo□sha□□offeredvariousin□erpr□tatio□sofRe□Z□□DeBenYuan.InC□nfuciani□m□Renissee□asa□inh□rentqualitythatcanbecultivatedthrougheducation□s□l□-□iscipline□andm□ralpr□cti□□.Men□□us,aprominen□Confuci□nthinker,arg□edthath□manb□in□sar□□ornwi□haninnatesen□e□fgood□ess,whichcanbenu□turedandde□eloped□h□oughpr□per□uidance□nded□catio□□X□n□□,anotherConfuci□nphil□sophe□,tookamorep□ss□misticv□□w,□uggesti□gthathumann□tureisinheren□lyselfishan□tha□m□□a□vir□uesmustbeimpo□edthr□ughst□i□tsoc□alnormsan□in□□ituti□□s. Di□fe□□ntp□ilosophi□□lschoolshaveoffe□ed□□riousint□□preta□ionsofR□□Zh□□eBenYu□n□I□C□nfucianism,Re□isseenasanin□erentqua□itytha□can□ecu□tivatedthro□gh□du□ation,se□f-dis□□□line□andmoralpractice.M□ncius,aprominentC□nfuc□ant□ink□r,ar□□edth□t□u□anbeingsa□ebornwit□aninnatese□s□ofgoodness,whic□canbenur□u□edan□devel□p□dt□r□u□h□rop□rguidanceandeducati□n.Xunzi,□notherC□nfucian□hilosopher,tookamo□ep□ssim□st□□view,su□□estingthat□umannaturei□in□er□ntlyselfish□ndthatmo□alvirt□esm□□tbeimposedthr□ughs□□ictsoc□alno□msan□institutions. Differentphil□sophicals□hoo□shaveofferedvariousinterpre□□tion□of□enZhaDeBenYua□.InConf□□ianism,Renissee□asanin□erentqu□□□ty□hatca□becultiva□□dth□ough□□□cat□on,se□□-discip□ine,andmoralpr□ctice.Mencius,aprominentC□nfucian□hi□ke□□argu□dthathumanbeingsarebornwithan□nnatesenseofg□□dness,whichcanbenurtur□danddevelop□dthroug□pr□perguidanceandeduca□ion.□unzi,a□o□□erCon□ucianphilosophe□,tooka□o□ep□□simisticview,su□gestingtha□hum□n□atur□isinherent□y□el□is□an□thatmoralvirtuesmustbeimp□sedt□roughstr□□tsoci□lno□msandinstitutions. Dif□erentp□ilosophica□schools□aveoffere□v□rious□n□e□pretat□onsof□en□ha□e□enYuan.InCon□uci□nism,Renisseenasaninh□rentqual□tyth□tcanbecultiva□□dthr□u□heducation,self□discipli□e,a□dmoralpractic□.Men□□u□,ap□om□nentC□□□ucia□think□r,arg□edthat□□manbeing□ar□bornwith□ninnat□□enseofgoodnes□,w□□chca□□□nurtured□□ddeveloped□hroughp□ope□guidan□e□ndeducation.Xunzi□anotherConfucianphi□□sopher,too□amorepe□□imisticview,suggestingth□th□mannatureisinherentlyselfis□andthatmo□□lvirt□e□mus□beimpo□edt□ro□gh□trictso□ialnormsandins□itution□.