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Upbringing of humanistic individual is a crucial issue in higher education system due to current global political and social instability. Literary education consists of cognitive and axiological components. Axiological is critical one as it forms individual knowledge of his or herself and the world around. The best works of classical and contemporary literature give moral baselines in the upbringing of students. The authors examine literary works of Chinese American writer Amy Tan (USA) and Chinese writer Yu Hua (PRC) that are included in higher education courses in Russia and abroad, present academic interest, and incorporate Christian values and Confucian philosophy. The purpose of study is to examine how fundamental Christian values and Confucian concepts are represented and transferred by literary text in literary education system. Methods include literary and structural analysis and case study. The study presents the results of university students’ and graduate students’ case study and literary analysis experience. The authors reveal that literary education creates proper conditions for the transition and implementation of Christian values and Confucian concepts that form moral potential of students. The study conclude that development of students’ dialogic thinking abilities, the perception of someone else’s point of view, basic spiritual values expand humanistic potential of an individual.