Many years ago, we called the Russians the big brother of the Soviet Union, and later, when the Soviet Union collapsed, we called him "Old Maozi", and the reason was because Russians were more vigorous than Chinese body hair. Today, that title has changed again, and a new generation of young Russians, with their hardcore and challenging spirit, is affectionately called the "fighting nation" by our people.
It follows from this that the fighting nation is a completely positive word, a word of praise for the Russian nation. However, the Russians do not seem to think so, and from the beginning of the title of "old maozi", they have always had a deep misunderstanding of the title given to them by the Chinese. Just as all foreigners don't like to be called "foreigners" by Chinese, they all see it as a pejorative term due to cultural barriers.
Why don't foreigners like to be called "foreigners"? Originally, the English translation of foreigners is called "oldforeigners", normal in the English context, a "foreigners" can express the meaning of foreigners, adding an "old" is soon equivalent to directly saying old, in exchange for you are a foreigner, it is estimated that you will not be accepted.
And what's going on with the Russians? It turns out that the three words "old hair" they also know that their hair is more exuberant, but they do not agree with this statement, because Europeans have more lush hair, why only call them "old hair", they think that this is a naked distinction.
In addition, the Russians do not really agree with the term "fighting nation". A Russian female student who studied at Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications once said, "The fighting nation gives people a feeling of a fierce invader, in fact, the Russian nation is not a nation that likes aggression, which is biased and will cause misunderstanding."
To put it bluntly, whether it is an "old maozi" or a "fighting nation", it is the product of indiscriminate labeling under different cultures, and it is essentially a stereotype. Just as Americans like to call Chinese "don't like to talk," "study well," and "have high mathematical talent," not everyone in China is like this, and indiscriminate labeling will only deepen the cultural divide.
In fact, Russians also like to label Chinese, do you know what Russians usually call Chinese? They called Chinese "Khitans."
Moreover, this is not a nickname, in Russian, Chinese and Khitan pronunciation is exactly the same. Why? Mainly due to the fact that during the Yuan Dynasty, the Golden Horde, one of the four great khanates, was the hegemon that ruled Europe from the 13th to the 15th centuries.
Russia formed precisely because the Slavs overthrew the Golden Horde in 1502 and established the Muscovite Principality. It can be said that the Mongol Khitan people are closely related to the birth of Russia.
In addition to the Golden Horde, the four great khanates and the Great Khanate established by Kublai Khan all belonged to the Mongol Khitans of the same origin, so the Russians called them Khitans together. Therefore, the Khitan in the Russian population is actually a general term for the Chinese Yuan Dynasty, and later the word slowly evolved into a general term for China.
Therefore, we call the Russians "fighting nation", the Russians call us "Khitan", which is essentially a fighting nation, all of which are half a pound and eight or two, and no one is more noble than anyone else, dear readers, are you right?