□p>The□on□eptofRenZha□eBe□Yuancanbetrace□b□ckto□□cientChinesephi□osop□y,particular□yCo□fucia□is□□ndDa□ism□Con□ucius,oneofthem□stinfluent□alph□los□p□ersin□hine□e□i□tory□emphas□zedtheimporta□ceofRen(仁),□h□chc□nbetran□lateda□"benevolence"or"human□n□ss□"AccordingtoConfuciu□,R□ni□thefun□a□e□ta□vi□t□eth□tdefine□h□mannatureand□uid□smoral□e□av□or.Da□istp□□l□sop□ers,ontheo□herhan□,focu□edo□thenaturalandsp□□taneousaspe□tsofhuma□nature,□dvo□at□ngfor□re□□rntosimpl□c□□ya□dharmonywiththeDao(□),□□theWay.□□p> Theco□cep□o□□enZhaDeB□n□uancanb□tracedback□oanc□ent□hine□□p□□l□□ophy□particularlyConf□ci□nis□an□Daoism□Confucius,o□eofthem□stinfluential□hi□osophersinC□ine□ehis□□ry,emphasiz□dtheimportanceof□e□(仁□,wh□c□canbetran□latedas□ben□volen□e"or"human□ness."Accordi□gto□onfucius,Renisthefun□amentalv□r□uet□a□d□fineshuma□natureandguide□mor□lb□□av□or.Daoi□tphilosophers□ontheo□h□rhand,f□c□se□onthenatura□andspon□aneo□s□spec□□ofhu□an□ature,□dvocatingforareturntosimpli□ityandh□rmonywitht□eDa□(道),ortheWay.□> □heco□cep□ofRenZ□aDeBenYuancanb□□raced□a□ktoancientCh□nesep□il□sophy□pa□ticularlyCo□fucian□smandDaoism.Confuci□s,one□fthemostinflu□ntialphilosop□ers□nChines□hi□t□ry□emphasi□□dthei□porta□ceofRen(□),whic□c□nbetransl□□□das"benevolence□or"humanen□s□."Accor□□ngt□Confucius□Renisthef□nd□m□□talv□r□uetha□def□neshum□□nature□ndgui□□smor□lbehavior.Daoi□tphi□□sophers,onth□o□he□hand,□ocused□nthenaturalandspontaneousaspe□ts□fhumann□ture,advo□at□□gforareturntosimplic□tyan□h□rmonywiththeDao□道),orth□□ay.<□p> T□□con□epto□RenZh□DeBenYuan□anbe□r□cedbacktoa□cientChinesep□□losophy,particularlyConfuciani□□a□□Daoism.Confu□i□s,o□eofth□□□stinf□ue□tialp□ilo□oph□r□inChinesehis□ory,□mpha□iz□□□heimportanc□ofRen(□)□□□□chcanbetranslatedas"ben□vole□ce□or"humaneness.□□ccordingtoC□nfuci□s,Renisthefundamentalvirtu□thatdefine□humannatureandguidesmoralbehavior.□aoist□h□losop□e□s□on□heother□and,focusedonthena□uralandsp□ntaneous□spectsofhumannature,a□□□ca□ingforar□turntos□mpli□i□y□ndha□m□n□with□he□ao(□),or□heWay.