| Abstract | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-9页 |
| Introduction | 第9-24页 |
| A. Development of Chinese American Literature | 第9-13页 |
| B. Adeline Yen Mah and her major works | 第13-17页 |
| C. Watching the Tree | 第17-18页 |
| D. Postcolonial theory | 第18-20页 |
| E. Literature Review | 第20-22页 |
| F. The structure of the thesis | 第22-24页 |
| Chapter One Inheritance of Chinese Traditional Culture | 第24-48页 |
| A. Traditional Chinese symbols: Yinyang, Wuhusing and Fengshui | 第24-29页 |
| B. Three ideological systems of Chinese culture | 第29-41页 |
| C. Chinese language | 第41-44页 |
| D. Chinese food culture | 第44-48页 |
| Chapter Two Fusion of Chinese and Western Culture | 第48-55页 |
| A. Respecting differences and “the Otherness” | 第49-50页 |
| B. Advocating complementary cultural consciousness | 第50-52页 |
| C. Multiculturalism | 第52-55页 |
| Chapter Three Self-positioning of Culture in the Current Context | 第55-60页 |
| A. The significance of the existence of the Chinese culture | 第56-58页 |
| B. Hybridity: the future form of Chinese culture | 第58-60页 |
| Conclusion | 第60-62页 |
| Notes | 第62-64页 |
| Bibliography | 第64-69页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第69页 |
