Theconc□□□ofRenZhaDeBenYuancan□□traced□ac□toancientC□□nese□hilosophy,part□cu□a□l□ConfucianismandDaoism.C□nfucius,□ne□fth□mosti□□□ue□tialphil□sophersi□C□ines□histor□,e□phasizedtheimportan□eofRen(□),whichcanbetranslatedas□benevolence"or"humanene□s."Ac□□rdingto□on□ucius,Renisthef□n□□menta□virtuetha□□efineshumannat□rean□guidesmor□lbe□avior.□aois□philosoph□rs,ontheotherh□□d,focusedonthenatur□l□ndsp□□tan□ou□as□□ctsofhumannat□re□advocatingfora□eturn□osim□□icityandharmonywith□heDa□□□),ortheWay. Thecon□ep□ofRe□□□aDeBenYua□canbe□race□bac□□oancientChines□□hi□osophy,pa□ticula□lyCo□fucian□□mandDaois□.Conf□□iu□□on□of□h□m□sti□fl□ent□alphilosop□ers□nChi□□sehi□t□□y,emph□sizedt□eimportanc□ofRen(仁□,whichcanb□tr□ns□ateda□"benevolen□e"or"hu□anen□ss."Accordingto□□nfucius,Renist□e□undamentalvirtuet□□tdef□n□□hum□n□atu□eandguidesmo□□lbeh□□□o□□Daoistphilosophers,onthe□t□erh□nd,focusedonthenaturala□dspo□taneousaspectsofhumannature,□dvoc□tin□f□rareturnto□implicit□an□harmonywiththeDao(道),ortheWay□□>□p>TheconceptofRen□h□DeB□nYuancanbetr□cedback□o□□cie□tChines□ph□losophy,□articularl□Confucianisma□dDaoism.□onfucius,o□e□fthemostinflue□tialph□loso□hersinChi□□seh□□tory,empha□□zedtheimportance□fRen(仁)□whichcanb□translatedas"□□nevol□nce□□r□h□m□nene□s."According□oConfuci□s,Re□isth□fundamenta□vi□tuethatdefineshum□nnatu□eandgu□de□moralbehavior.Da□istphilosophers,ontheother□and,f□cu□e□□nth□naturalandspontaneousa□pectsof□uman□ature,advocatingforareturntosimp□□ci□yandh□rm□ny□□ththe□ao□道),orthe□ay.