 Robert Morrison of the London Missionary Society arrived at China in 1807 to begin his work of evangelisation.He planned to establish a school that would allow Western missionaries to learn Oriental cultures and languages.He also hoped that the school would play a role on introducing the East to the West and vice versa; in other words, to mediate between the two civilisations, and thus to prepare the way for the quiet and peaceful dissemination of Christian thought in China.