[4] Many prominent Chinese left-wing intellectuals have taught in the school, including Guo Moruo and Shang Yue.

[2] North Korean president Kim Il Sung attended the school for two and a half years starting from 1927.

He had to live in a cheap dormitory owned by the Methodist Church, as recalled by his younger friend from the school.

[6] There is a bronze statue of Kim Il Sung, portraying him in a guerrilla uniform, at the school grounds.

[8] A schoolroom where Kim Il Sung studied is retained as a memorial, and there is a modest museum at the school.

[6] In September 2010, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il made Yuwen Middle School his first stop during a trip to China.

The visit to Yuwen associated with Kim Il Sung's youth thus became a political message of a young successor's viability.