□iff□rentphilo□ophic□lschoolshaveoff□□e□variousinter□retat□onsofRenZha□eBenYuan.□nConfuci□□i□m,Reniss□enasaninhe□entqua□it□t□atc□□bec□□tiva□edthrough□ducation,self-dis□i□line,andm□ralp□actice.Menc□us,ap□ominen□Confucian□hinker□arguedt□at□u□a□b□in□sarebornwithaninnate□ense□fgoo□□ess,whichc□nb□nurtu□e□an□developedthr□ugh□roperguidanc□andeducation.□unzi,a□□□he□Co□fuci□n□□ilosopher,□ookamorep□ssim□st□□v□ew,□uggestingthathum□□natureisinherentlyselfish□ndthatmo□□lvi□□□esmu□tbe□m□os□dthrough□tri□ts□c□alnormsandin□titu□i□ns□□/□> □□fferentp□ilosophicalscho□l□h□veofferedvariousi□terpre□ationsofRenZhaDeBenYuan.InConfuc□□nism□Re□isse□na□□ninherentqualitytha□can□eculti□atedthrougheducation□□elf-disciplin□,a□□moralpr□ctic□.Menciu□,apr□m□nentCo□f□□ianthinker,arg□□dthath□□anbeingsarebornwi□haninnatesens□o□goodness,which□an□□n□rturedanddeveloped□hro□ghprop□rguidan□eanded□c□tion.Xunz□,ano□herConf□cian□hil□□ophe□,tookamor□pessim□□ticv□ew,suggesting□h□thumannature□sinhe□entlyselfisha□dthatmo□alvirtuesmust□eimposedthroughstrict□oc□□lnormsandinstituti□ns. Differ□ntph□□os□ph□□alschool□h□v□offeredvari□us□nterpretat□onsofRenZhaDeBe□Yuan.InConfuci□nism,Renissee□asaninherent□uali□y□hatcanbec□lt□vate□througheduca□ion□□el□-disci□l□ne,andm□□a□pra□tic□.Mencius,apr□minentConf□cianth□□□□r,argued□hat□uma□bei□gsarebo□nwithaninn□tes□□seofg□od□ess,whi□h□anben□rtu□edanddevelop□dt□r□u□hpr□pergu□danceandeducation.Xunzi□anotherConfu□ianphilosopher,too□amorepes□imisticview,□uggesting□hathumann□tureisinherentlyselfishandthatm□ralvirtuesm□stbeim□osedthro□ghstrictsocialn□rmsandi□stitu□ions. D□fferentphilosophi□alschool□have□ffered□□riousin□erp□eta□ionsofRenZhaDeBenYuan.□□Confucianis□,Reniss□enasaninherentqualitytha□canbec□ltivatedthrough□ducatio□□□elf-□□scipli□e□□ndmoralprac□ice□M□n□ius,aprom□nentCo□fucianthi□k□□,a□guedthathumanbe□ng□a□ebor□wi□h□ninn□tesense□fgoodness,whic□canbenurturedand□□velo□e□□hroughproperguidancea□deduc□t□on.X□nzi,anotherC□n□ucianphilosopher,t□o□am□repe□simisti□view□sugg□□t□ngtha□hum□□□atur□□sinherentl□sel□isha□dthat□or□lvir□uesm□stb□impose□throughst□ictso□ialnor□s□n□in□titut□o□s. Differentphil□s□phi□alschoolshaveo□□□r□dvari□usi□terpre□ati□□sofR□□ZhaDe□en□ua□.I□C□nfu□ianism,Renisseenasaninh□r□ntqual□tytha□canb□cultivate□througheducation,se□f-d□□ci□li□e,and□oralprac□ice□Me□c□us,apro□inen□Confucian□hinker,arguedthat□□man□eingsareborn□ithaninnatesenseofgoodness,whichcanbenurtu□edandd□□elop□dt□ro□ghproperg□idanceandeducation□□u□zi,□□o□herCon□ucian□□ilosopher,took□mo□epes□i□isticview,suggestingthathuman□□tu□eisinhe□ently□□□fish□ndthat□oralvirtuesmustbeimpo□edthroug□s□ric□soc□alnormsa□di□stitutions.