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A government licensed institution of linguistic research and Mandarin language learning whose primary purpose is the advancement of Mandarin learning techniques through constant research and its immediate application in class.

It is a unique institution under every aspect. Academically, it spearheads the movement of new and modern approaches to Chinese language teaching. Culturally, it offers direct exposure to the multi-faceted aspects of life in China through regular series of lectures. Socially, through its select faculty and management, it maintains close ties to the Ivy League of Chinese academia, including Beijing University, Beijing Foreign Language University, Beijing Normal University, the Confucius Institute, and the Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business.

A Mandarin school deep among Beijing's hutong is using ancient Chinese philosophy as the basis of its teaching methods

More than 2,000 years ago Mo Tzu, a peasant philosopher born around the time that Confucius died, developed a theory of life that stressed virtue and hard work, which he called "all embracing love and peace".

Although Mohism never reached the status of Confucianism and has been long forgotten by most, this theory now forms the basis of a new learning system in Beijing.

Jiao Yu and his 50 staff have been using Mo's philosophy to underpin Mandarin language training methods at Jiao's school, based in a traditional Beijing courtyard near the Drum and Bell Tower, for eight years.

The school has a serene feel to it, with several Han-totem engraved fish tanks standing at the center of a quiet courtyard, lined with buildings on each side.

The two-story school is divided into eight classrooms, each with a wooden plate hanging at its entrance engraved with a Mohism saying.