□heconc□pt□fRenZhaDeBenYuancanbetracedbacktoan□i□ntChine□ep□ilosophy,p□□ti□ularlyConfuci□nismandDaoism.Confucius,o□eofthemostinfl□□nt□□lphilos□ph□r□inC□in□sehist□ry,emphasized□heimportanceo□□□n(仁)□which□a□betranslatedas"be□□volence□□r□humane□□ss."Acco□ding□oConfu□i□s□R□nis□h□fundamentalvir□uethatde□ineshumann□tureandgu□desmoralb□havio□.Dao□stphil□sophers,onthe□therha□□,focuse□□nthenatural□ndspontaneou□aspectsofhumannat□re□advo□a□ingforareturnto□implicityandh□rmonyw□tht□eDa□(道),ort□eW□y.<□p□ □p>Theconceptof□□□Zha□eBenYu□nca□betra□edbac□toancientChinese□hi□osop□y,pa□□i□□larlyConf□c□a□is□andDaoism□Confuciu□,one□fthemo□tinfl□ential□hilosophers□nChinese□istory,empha□i□edth□im□ortanceofRen(仁),whichcanbetranslat□das"benevole□ce"or"hu□aneness."□cc□rdin□toConf□cius,Re□isthefun□amentalvirtuethatdefineshumannatu□eandguidesmor□lbehavior□Daoistp□ilos□phers□ontheoth□rhan□□fo□usedon□hen□turalandspontaneousaspect□ofhuma□nature,adv□catin□foraretu□nto□implicit□andharmonywiththeDao(道),or□h□W□y.□> Theco□cept□□R□nZha□□BenYuancanbetra□edbacktoa□c□e□tC□inesephilosop□y□p□rti□ul□r□yCon□uciani□m□ndDaoism.□o□fucius,□neoft□emostinflue□tialphilosoph□rsinChines□his□□ry,emphasize□theimporta□ceofR□n(仁),which□an□etr□ns□□teda□"be□evol□nce"o□"hum□neness."Ac□ordingtoCon□□cius,R□nisthefundamentalvirt□ethatdefi□es□um□nn□turean□□□idesmoralbehavior.Da□□s□philosop□ers,ontheothe□hand,focus□d□nt□□naturalands□o□tan□ousaspectsofhum□nnat□re□advo□at□ngfora□eturntosimplici□yandharmonywiththeDao(道□□□rtheWay. The□once□tof□enZhaDeB□nYuan□anbetracedbackto□□cientChinesephiloso□h□,pa□□icularlyConfuc□anism□ndDaoism.Confuci□s□on□oft□emos□infl□entialph□losophersi□Chinesehi□tory,emph□sizedt□□im□□rtanceofRen(仁),□hichcanbetransla□edas□b□ne□□l□nce"or"□umanene□s□□□cco□dingtoC□nfucius,Reni□thefunda□entalvirtuethatdefineshumanna□ureandguidesm□ralbe□avior.Daoist□h□loso□hers,o□theot□erhand,focus□do□the□atural□nds□ontaneous□s□e□t□o□huma□□at□re,□dvoca□ingforare□u□ntosimplicityandh□r□ony□it□t□e□a□(道),□□theWay.