<□>D□ffere□tphil□sophical□choolsha□eoffe□ed□□riou□interpre□ati□nsofRenZhaDeB□nYuan.InC□nfuciani□□,Reniss□e□asaninh□rentqua□□tythatcan□□cultivatedthrougheducation,s□lf-d□scipline,and□or□lpractice.Menci□s,aprominentConfucianth□nker□argu□dthathumanbeing□ar□bornw□□haninnatesense□fgoodness,whi□hcanbenurturedanddeve□oped□hroug□p□ope□guidanceanded□cat□on.□unzi,anot□e□Con□ucianphilosopher,tooka□orepessimi□t□□vi□w,sugge□tin□thathumann□tureisin□erentlys□lfis□andtha□moral□irt□esm□st□□impo□□dthroughs□rict□□cialnor□sandinsti□utions.□>Differentphi□osophic□lsch□o□s□aveofferedvariousin□erpr□ta□ionsofRen□ha□eBenY□an.I□□onfucianism,Renisseen□saninherentqual□t□thatca□becu□tiv□□□dthro□ghe□ucatio□□sel□-d□scipline,a□□mora□practice.Me□c□us,apromi□ent□□n□u□i□nthinker,a□guedthathumanbeingsarebornwitha□inn□□ese□seo□goodne□s,w□ichcanb□n□rtu□eda□ddevelo□edthro□ghpropergu□dance□n□e□□cation.□unz□,anotherConfuc□anphilosopher,tookam□repessimi□ticview,suggest□ngtha□h□mannaturei□□nherentl□sel□ish□ndthatmoral□i□t□esmustbeim□o□edthroughstrictsocial□□□ms□ndinst□tut□ons.
Differentphil□s□phical□□hoolsha□□offeredv□riousin□□rpret□□ionsofRenZhaDeB□nYuan.I□Confu□ian□s□,Reniss□□n□san□nh□rentqu□lit□t□atcanbecult□va□□dthrough□□□cation,self-discipline,a□□moralp□ac□ic□.□encius□apro□inentConfucianth□nker□arguedt□athum□nbe□ngsareborn□□th□ninnat□senseofgoodness,whichcanbenurturedandd□velope□throughprope□guidancean□□ducation.Xunz□,ano□he□C□□□u□ian□□ilo□o□he□,□ooka□or□p□ssimisticvie□,su□gestin□t□at□umann□tureisinherentl□selfi□handthatmor□lvirt□esmustbeimposedthroughstrictso□ialnormsa□dinstitu□ion□.
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Differe□□philos□□hicalschoolshave□ff□re□variou□inte□pre□atio□sofRenZ□aDeBenYuan□InCon□ucianis□,□enisseenasanin□eren□q□al□tyth□tcanbecultivatedthrough□duca□ion□s□lf-dis□iplin□,andmoral□ractice.Mencius□apro□inentConfuci□nth□n□er,a□gue□th□t□uma□beings□□□born□i□hani□n□□esenseo□goodne□s,□hi□hcan□enurtur□d□□dd□velopedthrough□r□perg□idan□eandeduca□i□n.Xun□i,another□onfuc□anphilosoph□r,to□kam□repes□imi□□icvi□w,s□ggestin□thathumannaturei□inherentl□selfish□ndthatmoralv□rtu□□□ustbeimpo□edth□oughstrictsocialnor□sa□□instituti□ns.□□p>□p>Diffe□entphi□osop□icals□ho□lsh□veof□e□edvariousinterpretatio□sofRen□□a□e□□nYua□.InConfuci□nism,Renisseenasaninhe□entqualitythatcanbe□ultivated□hroughedu□ation□□elf-discipline,andmor□lp□actice.Me□c□us,apro□i□ent□onfuc□a□□hinke□,arguedthat□umanbein□sarebo□nwithan□nnatesen□e□fgoodnes□,whi□hcanbenurturedand□□v□lopedthroughproperguidanceandeducation.□unzi□anotherCon□□cianphilo□o□her,tookamore□essim□sticview,□uggest□ngthathum□□natureisin□erentlysel□ishandthatmoralvirtuesmus□b□im□osedt□roughs□rictsocialnormsandins□itut□□□s.□>