Theconceptof□enZh□□eBenYuancanbetr□ce□backtoa□ci□ntChinesephi□osop□y,pa□ticula□lyConfu□ianisma□dDaois□.Confucius,one□fth□mostin□luentialp□ilosoph□r□inChinese□□s□ory,emphasized□□eimportanceofRen(仁),□hichcanbet□a□sl□tedas"bene□olence□or"huma□en□ss□"Ac□ording□o□onfucius,Renisthefunda□ent□lvirtue□hatdef□nesh□mann□tureandguid□□moralbehavior.Daois□□hi□oso□□ers,ontheotherhan□,focusedonth□natu□al□n□spontaneousaspe□t□ofh□mannature,advocatingfo□a□eturntos□m□li□□tyandha□mon□withtheDao(道□,or□heWay. Theco□ceptofRenZhaDeBenYuan□□nbetraced□acktoanci□ntChi□ese□hilosophy,p□rt□cularl□Co□fucian□s□a□dDaoism.Confuciu□,oneo□themo□□inf□uentialp□il□so□hersi□Chinesehistory,e□phas□zedthe□m□o□tanceofR□n(□),whichcanbe□ranslatedas"b□n□vo□ence"or"h□□aneness."AccordingtoConfuci□s,Re□isthe□und□me□talvirtue□□atdefineshumannat□reandg□ides□oralbeha□io□.Daoistphilos□phers,onthe□the□□□nd,foc□se□onthen□tur□□a□dspo□tane□u□aspectso□humannatur□,a□vocatingforareturntosi□p□ici□yand□armonywiththe□ao(道□,orthe□ay.□><□>TheconceptofRen□ha□□Ben□uanc□nb□tr□cedbackto□ncien□□□inese□hilosophy,particularlyConfucianismand□aoi□m.C□nfucius□o□□□fthe□os□influential□hilo□□ph□rsin□hinesehi□□ory,emphas□z□dthe□mpo□t□nceo□□en□仁),□hichca□b□tr□nslatedas"benevolence"or"□umaneness."A□c□rd□ngtoConfuciu□□Renisth□fundam□n□alvirtuet□atdefineshumannatureand□uidesmoral□□hav□or□Daoistph□lo□opher□,ontheoth□□hand,□□cusedonth□naturalan□spontaneousaspects□fhumannat□re□advoca□i□□forare□u□□□osimp□i□it□a□□harmo□yw□□h□heDao(道),o□theWay.