| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-10页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第10-17页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第17-22页 |
| ·Necessity of the Study | 第17-18页 |
| ·Literature Review | 第18-20页 |
| ·Translation Theory Adopted | 第20-21页 |
| ·Method of the Study | 第21-22页 |
| Chapter Two Theoretical Analysis | 第22-31页 |
| ·Theories of Ethnohistory and Ethnopsychology | 第22-26页 |
| ·Differences in Axiology | 第22-23页 |
| ·Differences in Ethics and Family Clan Concept | 第23-24页 |
| ·Differences in Mode of Thinking | 第24-25页 |
| ·Differences in Ways of Living | 第25-26页 |
| ·The Theory of Reception Aesthetics | 第26-31页 |
| ·Brief Introduction to the Theory of Reception Aesthetics | 第26-27页 |
| ·The Enlightenment of Reception Aesthetics for Translating Cultural Blanks | 第27-31页 |
| ·The Status of Readers | 第28页 |
| ·Expectation Horizon and Change of Expectation Horizon | 第28-29页 |
| ·Indeterminacy and Reification | 第29-31页 |
| Chapter Three Cultural Blanks | 第31-38页 |
| ·Definition of Cultural Blanks | 第31页 |
| ·Classification of Cultural Blanks | 第31-36页 |
| ·The First Way of Classification (Based on Definition) | 第31-33页 |
| ·Blanks in Denotation | 第32页 |
| ·Blanks in Connotation | 第32-33页 |
| ·The Second Way of Classification (Based on the Formation) | 第33-36页 |
| ·Ecological Cultural Blanks | 第33-34页 |
| ·Material Cultural Blanks | 第34页 |
| ·Social Cultural Blanks | 第34页 |
| ·Religious Cultural Blanks | 第34-35页 |
| ·Linguistic Cultural Blanks | 第35-36页 |
| ·General Strategies for Translation of Cultural Blanks | 第36-38页 |
| Chapter Four Analysis of the Translation of Cultural Blanks in the Two English Versions of Hong Lou Meng | 第38-58页 |
| ·Comparison of the Translation of Cultural Blanks in the Two English Versions of Hong Lou Meng | 第38-54页 |
| ·Religious Cultural Blanks | 第38-41页 |
| ·Social Cultural Blanks | 第41-50页 |
| ·Translation of Traditional Chinese Customs | 第42-44页 |
| ·Translation of Chinese Official System | 第44-46页 |
| ·Translation of Chinese Taboos | 第46-48页 |
| ·Translation of Superstitious Beliefs, Ideas and Practices | 第48-50页 |
| ·Linguistic Cultural Blanks | 第50-54页 |
| ·Causes | 第54-55页 |
| ·Effects | 第55-58页 |
| ·Readers | 第55-57页 |
| ·Expectation Horizon | 第57-58页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第58-62页 |
| ·Summarization of the Thesis | 第58页 |
| ·Major Findings of the Study | 第58-60页 |
| ·Implications of the Study | 第60页 |
| ·Limitations of the Study and Suggestions for Further Research | 第60-62页 |
| Bibliography | 第62-65页 |
| Appendix | 第65页 |
