The specificity of the image of China in the works of the poet-young emigrant V. Pereleshin is examined in the article. It is argued that China is represented in Pereleshin’s poetry in different aspects: it is the nature of the country, and culture, and literature. The relevance of the study is due to the need to identify the specifics of the embodiment of the image of China in the poetry of the Russian emigration. From this point of view, the author analyzes the motive-thematic complex, the system of images, allusions and reminiscences associated with the depiction of China in the poet’s work. The novelty of the article lies in the fact that such a feature of Pereleshin’s poetics as the principle of “translation” from the language of one culture into the language of another is analyzed in detail, the specifics of the relationship between “friend” and “foe” in the poet’s work are shown. The authors come to the conclusion that V. Pereleshin’s lyrics are characterized by immersion in the world of China: they are filled with Chinese landscapes, sights, images of customs and pages of Chinese history. At the same time, the polylogue of cultures is embodied in Pereleshin’s poetry: a deep interest in this country is combined with adherence to the traditions of Russian lyric poetry of the 19th — early 20th centuries and an ap-peal to the images and motives of world culture.