Dif□□rentp□ilosophic□□schoo□shaveoffe□ed□ariousinte□pretat□on□□fRenZ□aDeBenY□a□□InCon□□cianism,□e□isseena□ani□her□nt□ualitytha□canbeculti□atedthr□u□hedu□ation□self-discipl□ne,and□oralp□actice.M□nc□us□aprominentCo□f□□ian□hinker,argued□□athumanbeings□rebornwithanin□atesen□eo□goodness,whichcanbenu□turedanddevelop□dthroughpro□erguida□ceandeducati□n.Xun□i,ano□herConfuci□nphilosoph□r,tookamo□ep□s□imistic□iew,suggestingtha□h□mannatur□□sin□e□□ntl□selfish□ndt□atm□ralvirt□esmu□tbeimposed□hroug□s□ric□□oc□aln□rmsandinstitu□□ons. Di□fe□entphil□s□p□icalsc□□olsh□veofferedva□i□u□□□te□pr□ta□ionsofRenZhaDeBen□uan□InC□nf□cian□sm,Renisseenasaninherent□u□lit□tha□canbecultiv□ted□hrough□ducation,self-discip□in□,andm□□□lpractice□Mencius□apro□inentConf□cianth□nke□,arguedthat□u□□n□eing□a□ebornwit□a□innatesenseofgood□ess,w□ichcanbe□urturedanddev□lopedthroughproperguidanceand□duc□tio□.Xunz□,anotherConfucianphilosopher,□ook□□ore□es□imist□cview,suggest□ngt□athumannatureisinhere□tlys□lfishandthatmoralvirtuesmust□eim□os□dth□oughstri□tsocial□ormsa□di□stitutio□s.□> □iffe□en□philosophic□lschool□□aveofferedva□iou□in□erpretationso□RenZhaDe□e□Yuan.□nConf□cianism,Ren□sseena□ani□□ere□t□u□□□tyth□tc□□becult□vatedth□ou□h□ducat□□n,□elf-discipl□n□□and□oralpracti□e□Menci□s□apromi□e□tConfucianthin□er,□rgued□h□t□umanb□ingsarebor□w□thaninnatesenseofgoodness,whi□hcanbe□ur□uredand□e□e□□pedthrou□hproper□ui□a□ceandeduca□ion.□unzi,ano□h□rConfucianphi□osopher,tookamor□pe□simi□ticview,□ug□esti□g□hathuma□natu□eisinhere□tlyselfisha□dthatmor□□virt□esmust□eimposedt□roug□strictsocial□or□sandins□itutio□s.<□□><□>Differentph□los□phicalschool□haveofferedvar□ousinterpre□at□onso□RenZhaD□B□nYuan.In□onfucia□is□,Renisseenasani□herentqual□tythatcanb□cultivatedthrougheduc□□ion,□elf-discipl□ne,andmo□alpra□tic□.Menc□us,ap□omin□ntConfucianthink□r,arguedthathuma□□eingsarebornwithaninnatesenseofgoo□□ess,w□ichcanbenur□uredan□develo□edthroughprop□rgui□an□e□□deducation.□unz□,anotherCon□u□ian□hilosopher,t□okamorepessim□□ticview,s□ggestingth□th□man□at□reisin□eren□lyselfi□□andthatmora□virtuesmustbeimpose□□□roughstrictsoc□a□normsandinst□tuti□ns□ Differentp□i□osop□icalscho□lshaveofferedvar□ousinterp□etation□of□e□□haDeBenY□an.InC□□fucianis□□R□nisseenasa□in□eren□□u□lit□thatc□nbecul□iv□tedthr□ughe□□cation□s□lf□discipline□andmor□□practice.Menc□□□,apro□inent□□nfucia□thin□er,argue□thathumanbe□ngsarebornwithanin□ate□□n□eofgoodness,□hi□hcanbenurtur□danddevelo□□dthroughpro□erguida□□eand□du□ation□Xunzi,a□otherCon□ucianphiloso□her□to□kamor□pessimist□□v□ew,su□g□stingt□athumannat□reisi□herentlysel□i□hand□hatmoralv□rtuesmustbeimposedt□roughstric□socialnormsan□institutions.