Tai Shou Chuan USSR (Russian: «СССР Тайшоу Чжуань») is a short story by Victor Pelevin, published in 1991.
The character "Tai Shou" is more polysemantic, it translates as "commander of the army in the provinces" or simply "chief", "leader".
After many years of a successful career, however, a turning point comes in his life: the death of the princess, the king's suspicions, and repatriation.
Mentioning the former viceroy, who hid the fact that his head was cut off, the author satirically shows the numbing of the workers and their sinking into a world of illusions.
[8][9] "Tai Shou Chuan USSR," like the Chinese "Tradition," is imbued with the ideas of Taoism.
And if in Chinese philosophy the ant is a symbol of universal life and is able to build a state on a rational basis, then Pelevin identifies the anthill with a totalitarian society with rigid centralization, complete unification and obedience of individuals.