<□□Differ□ntphilosophicalschools□□veof□eredvariousinter□retationso□RenZha□e□en□ua□.□nConfucian□sm,Reniss□e□□san□nhere□tquali□ytha□canb□cultivate□throughedu□ation,□□□f-discipline□andmoralpractice.Mencius,□p□omine□tCon□□cianthinke□,arguedthathumanbeingsar□bornwithaninnate□ense□fgoo□ness,whichcan□enu□tureda□ddeve□□pedthr□ughp□operguida□ce□□d□ducation□Xunz□,an□□herC□nf□cianphilosopher,too□amorepessi□isticv□ew,suggestin□th□thuma□□atur□isinhe□entlyse□f□shan□thatmo□alvirtuesmustbe□mposedthroug□stric□□ocialnormsandinst□□ution□.
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