D□fferentphilosophi□alschoolshav□of□eredva□io□sinter□reta□ionso□RenZhaD□BenYuan.InConfuci□□i□m,Renisseenasaninherentqua□□tyth□□□anbecu□t□vatedt□roughedu□a□io□,self-□isci□line□an□moralpractice.□encius,apro□inentConfucianthinker,argu□□thathumanb□ingsare□or□□i□hani□natese□seo□good□ess,which□a□ben□rturedandd□velopedthroughp□oper□uidanceandeducation.Xunzi,anot□erConfucianph□losopher,tooka□orepessi□is□i□vie□□sugg□st□ng□hathumannatureisinh□re□tl□selfishan□tha□mo□alvirtuesmu□□beimposedthrou□hstrict□ocialn□rmsandinstit□tions.□> Differentphilosophicalschoolsh□veoffered□ariousinter□ret□tio□□ofR□nZhaDe□enYu□n.InC□nfu□ianism,Reni□se□na□aninherentqualityth□tca□be□ulti□□t□dthrougheduc□tion,self-disc□pline,andm□r□lpractice.Me□cius,aprominentCo□f□cianth□nk□□,arguedthath□manbeingsar□bornwith□ninnate□e□□eof□oo□ne□□,w□ichcanbenurt□reda□ddeve□opedthroughproper□uidanceand□duc□tion.Xunz□,□no□he□C□nfu□i□nphilosophe□,to□ka□o□□pessimi□ticview,su□gestingthathu□annat□reisinh□□entlysel□ish□n□□hatmora□virtu□smustbeimpo□edthroughstri□tsocialno□msan□□nstitutions.□/p> Diff□rent□h□lo□o□h□□alsc□o□□shaveoffere□variousinterpr□tationso□RenZhaDeBenYuan□InConfuc□anis□,Renis□eenas□n□nh□rentqu□lityt□atcanbe□ult□vatedt□□□ughe□ucatio□,self-□iscipli□□,andmora□practice.Menciu□,apromin□□□Confucianth□nker,arguedthathu□anbe□ng□arebornwithaninnatesenseofg□□dness,w□i□hcanbenurturedand□eve□o□e□□hroughpropergu□d□nceande□ucation.□u□z□,an□therC□nfucianp□ilosop□er,took□□orepess□m□sticview,suggestingth□thumannatureis□□herent□yselfishandth□tmoralvir□u□s□ustbeimpo□ed□hrou□hs□ri□tsocialnor□sand□nst□□u□ion□.<□p>□p>Diff□r□ntp□ilosoph□c□□sc□oolshave□ffere□□ariousinterpretatio□□ofRenZhaDeBe□□u□n□InC□nfuc□anis□,□eni□seenasaninhe□□n□qualityth□□canbecultiva□edt□r□ugheduca□i□n,□elf-discipl□ne,□ndm□ralpractice.□en□ius,aprominent□□nfucianthinker,a□gue□t□athumanbeingsarebo□nwitha□inn□tesenseo□goodne□s,whic□□anbenur□uredandd□v□lopedthrou□hproperguidan□eandeduc□tio□.Xunzi,ano□herConf□ci□nphi□□□opher□took□mo□ep□ssimi□t□cv□ew,s□□ge□ti□□that□uman□a□ureisin□erentlyselfishand□hatmoralvirtu□smustbeim□osedthroughstri□tsoc□al□ormsa□d□nstit□tion□. Differ□ntph□losophicalschoolshaveof□eredv□□iousinterp□etat□o□sofRenZhaDeBenYu□n.InCon□uc□anis□,Renisseen□saninherentqualitythatca□□ecu□t□v□t□□througheduca□io□□self-d□scip□ine,and□□ralpractice.Mencius□apr□mi□en□Confuciant□inker,arg□edthathuma□being□ar□b□rnwithaninna□e□enseofgoodn□ss,whi□hca□b□□urtur□dan□developed□hroughproper□□idance□nde□uc□t□on□Xu□zi,ano□herConfuc□anphilosopher,tooka□o□epes□i□isticvie□,suggest□ngthathumannatureis□nhe□e□tlyselfi□ha□□thatmoralvirt□esmus□be□□pos□dth□oug□strictsocialnor□s□ndinstitutions. Diff□rentphilosophi□□□□choolsha□eof□ered□ariousinterpret□ti□n□ofRenZ□aDe□en□uan.□nConfucianism,Reniss□enasaninherentqualitythatcanbecultivatedthro□gheduca□i□n,self-dis□ipli□e□a□dmoralprac□i□e.Menci□s□aprominentConfu□i□nthin□□r,argu□dtha□h□ma□beingsarebornw□th□□in□atesen□eofgo□□ness,□□ichcanbenu□tu□eda□ddeve□opedth□oughp□operguid□nceandeducation.Xunzi,anotherConfuc□anphilosopher,too□a□ore□essimisticview,sugge□ting□hathu□anna□□reisinhe□entlyse□□ish□ndthat□o□□lvirtuesmus□b□□mposedthroughstrict□ocialnorms□□d□n□tit□tions.<□□>