| Acknowledgements | 第4-9页 |
| Abstract | 第9页 |
| 摘要 | 第10-11页 |
| Introduction | 第11-14页 |
| Chapter One Theoretical Framework | 第14-25页 |
| 1.1 Literature Review | 第14-15页 |
| 1.2 Significance of the Thesis | 第15页 |
| 1.3 View of Philosophy | 第15-17页 |
| 1.4 View of Humanistic Spirit | 第17-19页 |
| 1.5 View of Methodology | 第19-20页 |
| 1.6 View of Politics | 第20-21页 |
| 1.7 Literary Style | 第21-25页 |
| Chapter Two Comparison of Thoreau's and Chuang Tzu's View of Nature | 第25-42页 |
| 2.1 Sources of Thoreau's View of Nature | 第25-28页 |
| 2.1.1 Living Environment | 第25-26页 |
| 2.1.2 American Transcendentalism | 第26-27页 |
| 2.1.3 American Indian Culture | 第27页 |
| 2.1.4 Oriental Culture | 第27-28页 |
| 2.2 Thoreau's View of Nature | 第28-31页 |
| 2.2.1 Having View of Nature of the Transcendentalist | 第28-29页 |
| 2.2.2 Enlightening Mind and Purifying the Soul | 第29页 |
| 2.2.3 Promoting a Reclusive Life | 第29-30页 |
| 2.2.4 Anthropocentrism and Ecocentrism | 第30-31页 |
| 2.3 Chuang Tzu's View of Nature | 第31-32页 |
| 2.3.1 Letting Things Take Their Own Course | 第31页 |
| 2.3.2 Being the Perfect Form in the Universe | 第31-32页 |
| 2.3.3 Being the Way to Freedom and Beauty | 第32页 |
| 2.4 The Similarities of Their View of Nature | 第32-38页 |
| 2.4.1 Both Have the Similar Ecological Values | 第32-34页 |
| 2.4.2 Both Objected to Alienation Caused by Science and Technology | 第34-36页 |
| 2.4.3 Both Are in Pursuit of Spiritual Freedom | 第36-38页 |
| 2.5 The Differences of their View of Nature | 第38-42页 |
| 2.5.1 Different Understanding of Nature | 第38-39页 |
| 2.5.2 Different Range of Nature | 第39-40页 |
| 2.5.3 Different Living State | 第40-42页 |
| Chapter Three Influence on the Relationship between Human and Nature | 第42-52页 |
| 3.1 Their Doubt of Contemporary Persons' Lifestyle | 第42-44页 |
| 3.2 Their View of Lifestyle | 第44-49页 |
| 3.2.1 Living a Simple,Even Primitive Life | 第44-47页 |
| 3.2.2 Achievement of Harmonious Relationship Between Human and Nature | 第47-49页 |
| 3.3 Influence On the Later Generations | 第49-52页 |
| Conclusion | 第52-55页 |
| Notes | 第55-57页 |
| Bibliography | 第57-61页 |
