Theconc□ptof□enZhaDe□enYuanc□nbetracedbacktoancientChinesephilos□ph□□particu□arl□C□nfuc□anismandDao□sm.C□nfuci□s,o□eofthemost□□fl□e□ti□lphilosophersinChinesehistory□em□hasizedtheimpo□tanceo□Ren(仁),□hichcanbetra□slatedas"benevolenc□"or"humaneness.□□□co□dingtoConfucius,Re□ist□efundam□ntal□□rtuethatdefine□h□man□atureandguid□□moral□eh□□ior.Daoi□□philosophers,ontheotherha□d,focu□□donth□naturalandspontaneousaspectsofhu□a□natu□□,advo□atingforareturntosim□li□□t□andharmonywi□ht□eDa□(道),orth□□ay.<□p□<□>TheconceptofR□□ZhaDeBenYuanc□nbetrac□dbac□toanc□en□□hinesephilos□phy,par□i□ularlyConfucianismandD□ois□.□onfucius,oneo□themostinfluentialphi□osophersinChinesehi□tor□□e□pha□izedthe□mportanceo□Re□(□),□hichcanbet□anslatedas"be□□vol□nce"or"hu□ane□ess."A□cor□i□gtoC□nfu□iu□,Renisthefu□dament□lvir□u□thatdefineshu□□□na□u□ean□□uidesmoralbehavior.Da□istphiloso□□ers,on□heoth□rhan□,□□cusedonthen□tural□ndspon□aneo□saspectsof□umannat□re,advocat□n□fora□eturntosimplic□t□□n□harmonywitht□eDao(道),ort□eW□y.□> TheconceptofRenZhaDeB□nYu□nca□□etracedb□ckto□nci□□tChi□esephilosophy,p□r□i□ula□lyCon□ucian□s□andDao□sm.Conf□cius,oneofthemostin□luentialp□ilosophersinChinesehis□o□y,e□□hasized□heimpor□□nceof□e□(□□,whic□canbetr□nsl□t□das"□enevole□c□"or"hum□neness."A□cordingtoCon□ucius□Renisthef□ndam□nt□lvirtuet□atd□fines□umannat□r□a□dg□id□□m□ralbeha□ior.D□□ist□hi□o□oph□r□,onthe□th□rhand,focuse□on□hen□t□raland□□ont□neo□saspectsofhuman□ature,ad□oca□□ngforareturntosim□l□cityandharmon□withtheDao(道),ortheWay.□/p> TheconceptofRenZhaD□BenYua□canbetracedb□ckto□n□i□ntChin□se□hil□s□phy,□articularlyConfucian□smandDaoi□□.Confucius,oneofthemo□ti□□luent□alphilos□pher□inC□ine□□histo□□,em□h□s□zedtheimportanc□of□en(仁□,□hichc□nb□tran□la□□das"□enevo□ence"or"humanene□s.□A□cord□ngtoConfuc□us,Renisthefundamen□alvirtuet□□tdefi□esh□m□□nat□reand□□idesm□□al□ehavior□D□oistphilosop□e□s,ontheotherhan□,f□□us□donthenaturalands□o□taneous□spec□□ofhu□annature,a□vocatingforaretur□t□s□mplicity□ndh□rm□n□withtheD□□(道),ortheWay.