| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第5-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-12页 |
| Introduction | 第12-20页 |
| ·Thomas Gray and Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard | 第12-16页 |
| ·Literature Review | 第16-17页 |
| ·Significance of the Thesis | 第17-20页 |
| Chapter One The Expatiation of Artistic Conception | 第20-36页 |
| ·The Expatiation of Chinese Theory of Artistic Conception | 第20-26页 |
| ·Artistic Conception from Literary Minds: Elaborations | 第21-22页 |
| ·Artistic Conception from Zhong Rong’s Critique on Poetry | 第22-23页 |
| ·Artistic Conception from Twenty-four Moods of Poetry | 第23-24页 |
| ·Artistic Conception from Poetic Style by Wang Changling | 第24-25页 |
| ·Artistic Conception from Commentaries on Lyric Work | 第25-26页 |
| ·Artistic Conception on the Aspect of Poetry Writing | 第26-31页 |
| ·The World of Scene(物境) | 第26-28页 |
| ·The World of Emotion（情境） | 第28-29页 |
| ·The Blending World of Emotion and Scene(情景交融) | 第29-30页 |
| ·The World of Principles(理境) | 第30-31页 |
| ·Artistic Conception in the Process of Appreciation of Poetry | 第31-36页 |
| ·The World of Superficial Artistic Conception | 第32页 |
| ·The Imaginary World of Artistic Conception | 第32-34页 |
| ·The World of Sublimation | 第34-36页 |
| Chapter Two Artistic Conception in Elegy from the Aspect of Poetry Writing | 第36-54页 |
| ·The World of Scene | 第37-42页 |
| ·The World of Natural Scenes(自然境) | 第38-41页 |
| ·The World of Social Scenes(社会境) | 第41-42页 |
| ·The World of Emotion | 第42-47页 |
| ·Means of Expression | 第43-44页 |
| ·Content of Emotion | 第44-47页 |
| ·The Blending World of Emotion and Scene | 第47-49页 |
| ·The World of Principles | 第49-54页 |
| Chapter Three Artistic Conception in Elegy in the Process of Appreciation of Poetry | 第54-68页 |
| ·The World of Superficial Artistic Conception | 第54-58页 |
| ·Rhymes and Rhythms | 第55-56页 |
| ·Images and Scenes | 第56-58页 |
| ·The Imaginary World of Artistic Conception | 第58-64页 |
| ·Images Beyond Real Images | 第58-60页 |
| ·The World of Scene Beyond the Real Scene | 第60-61页 |
| ·The Undertone Beyond Literal Meaning | 第61-64页 |
| ·The World of Sublimation | 第64-68页 |
| Conclusion | 第68-72页 |
| Bibliography | 第72-76页 |
