Differentp□ilosophicalsc□oolsh□veof□eredva□iousinterpre□ationso□R□n□haD□BenY□a□.□nCon□ucianism,Ren□sse□na□aninh□re□□qualit□□hatca□b□c□ltivate□t□roughe□u□a□ion,□elf-dis□iplin□,a□dmoral□ractice.Mencius,apro□□nent□onfuci□n□hinker,arguedth□thuman□eingsarebor□withaninn□□e□enseo□goo□ness□□h□chcanbe□urturedanddev□lopedthroughp□□pe□g□i□anc□□nde□uc□tion.Xu□zi,anotherConfucia□philosophe□,too□amorepessimisti□view,sugge□ting□hathumann□tureisinheren□lyself□shan□□hatmor□lvirtues□ustbeim□o□edt□roughstrictsocialnormsand□nstitutions.□> Dif□□rentphi□oso□hicalschoolshav□off□redvar□ou□interpret□tionso□R□n□haD□□□nYua□□In□on□ucianism,Ren□sse□nasanin□ere□tqualit□thatcanbecul□ivatedthrough□duc□□□on,self-d□sci□li□e,and□□□al□ractice.Mencius,aprominentConfucianthinker,arguedthathumanbein□sareb□rnwi□haninnat□senseofgoodnes□,□hic□canb□nurturedanddev□lopedthroughp□operguidanceand□ducation.Xun□□,anotherConf□□ianphilosopher,too□amorepe□sim□sti□view□su□ges□ingthathumann□turei□inh□ren□ly□□l□ishan□thatmo□□lvirtuesmust□e□mposed□hr□ug□str□ctsoci□lnormsandinsti□□tions. Di□ferentphilosoph□cal□□hoo□shaveoffer□dvar□ousinterpret□□ionsofRenZhaDeBen□□an.In□onfucianism,Ren□ss□enasan□nh□ren□qua□ityth□tc□□b□cultiv□□e□throughedu□ation,self-disci□l□ne,andmor□l□rac□ic□.□encius,aprominentCon□u□ianthinker,arguedth□t□uman□eingsarebor□w□t□aninn□tes□nseofg□□dness,whichc□nbenurtured□□dd□v□□opedthrough□r□□erguidancea□dedu□ation.Xunzi,anoth□r□onfucia□phil□sop□er,tookam□repessimisticv□e□,suggestin□t□a□h□m□nn□tu□eisinh□rentlyselfisha□dth□tmo□alvirtuesmustbeimpos□dthroughstri□tsocia□normsandinstitutions. D□ff□re□tphil□□ophi□alschool□haveoff□redvariousinterpret□tio□sof□enZhaDeBenYuan.InConfuc□anism,R□nisseenasa□i□herentqualitytha□□anbecultivatedt□rou□he□ucation,self□discipline,andmoral□□actice.□enc□us,aprom□□entConfucian□hinker,arguedthat□uman□ei□□sarebor□withani□na□esenseof□oodn□ss,whichcanben□□turedan□d□v□lopedth□ou□hpropergu□□anc□a□deduca□□□□.Xun□i,anoth□rC□n□□cianphil□sop□er,to□kamorepessimisticv□ew,□uggesti□gthathumannatu□ei□inheren□lyselfishandt□a□□o□□□virt□esmust□e□□□ose□□hroughst□ic□socialnormsa□dinst□□utions.