本論文探討作為象徵的獅子在俄羅斯文化的地位，研究詞彙單位「獅子」在俄語中的轉義，分析該詞彙單位在文學文本中的轉義用法（包含隱喻及明喻），並對觀念「獅子」之普遍及作家獨特的聯想進行分類研究。

The article studies the rule of lion like a symbol in Russian culture, deals with the transferred meanings of the lexeme lion in Russian language, manifests typical and individual-author’s associations with the concept LION, which occurs in figurative use of the lexeme lion (including metaphor and simile) in a literary text.