L.N. TOLSTOY AND CHINESE INTELLECTUALS IN THE LATE 19<sup>th</sup> AND EARLY 20<sup>th</sup> CENTURIES
The article focuses on researching similarities between L.N. Tolstoy and Chinese intellectuals in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. His research of Chinese wisdom had made for Tolstoyism development. By doing so, Tolstoy became one of the most important and respectable authors and ideologists recognized by Chinese intellectuals. Moreover, the majority of his works were translated into the Chinese language.