Spiritual Continuity in Russian Culture and the Modern Educational Paradigm of China: From Intelligentsia To Elite

Abstract

The results of the surveys and various tests on Russian studies in China show that today students who study Russian as a foreign language (at an advanced level) mistakenly perceive the Russian intelligentsia as the Russian elite according to the principle: elitism begins with intelligence. Thanks to the well-established stereotypes about the great cultural heritage of Russia, even graduate students do not separate these concepts and associatively balance the representatives of the Russian intelligentsia with the elite. The article provides a brief linguo-cultural analysis of the continuity of the Russian cultural tradition in the courses of teaching Russian as a foreign language. The representative of the Russian intellectual elite and an impeccable intellectual is D.S. Likhachev. Today his personality sets a very high bar, since the scientist completely devoted himself to serving science, homeland and the cause of humanism in the twentieth century. The formation of the modern Chinese intelligentsia is today the priority in the country's educational strategy. The boundaries of the ethical concept of intelligence are correlated with different training courses throughout the learning process. The pace of the educational race influences the increase in the number of intellectuals in China (Tsan Xue, Mo Yan, Lao She, Lun Yingtai and many others), to which a lot of modern research is devoted. Therefore, the scientific activity of D.S. Likhachev attracts attention by the fact that it forms an idea of the spiritual and moral essence of the Russian intelligentsia and the spiritual power of the intelligentsia, which is drawn from love for Russia. Devotion and service to the homeland is internalized by the Chinese youth as a foundation and a guide to action. Particularly noteworthy is the fact that out of many outstanding figures in science and culture of Russia, only a few are honored to have their names run like a red thread in all courses of interdisciplinary teaching of the Russian language. We focused on the most famous representatives of the Russian intelligentsia, without whom both Russian literature and Russian science would become dark.