The article examines the peculiarities of some unusual Chinese heroes, which stand out against the background of the main narrative in Russian contemporary literature. The analysis showed that the Chinese hero allows the Russian writer to apply the "outside view" to events in Russia. For the heroes, Russians, the Chinese are different, incomprehensible, but, as a rule, a positive and sympathetic hero.
Keywords: main character, Chinese, modern Russian literature, USSR, philosophical.
© Zheng Guangjie, Journal "Modern science: actual problems of theory and practice".