| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-11页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第11-14页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第14-23页 |
| ·The Brief Introduction to Mencius | 第14-15页 |
| ·The Major English Versioins of Mencius | 第15-18页 |
| ·A General Study of English Versions of Mencius | 第18-23页 |
| ·The Study of Mencius English Translation in China | 第18-21页 |
| ·The Study of Mencius English Translation overseas | 第21-22页 |
| ·James Legge and His Translation of Mencius | 第22-23页 |
| Chapter 3 Theoretical Foundation | 第23-36页 |
| ·The Formation and Development of Skopos theory | 第23-25页 |
| ·Three Rules of Skopos theory | 第25-29页 |
| ·Skopos Rule | 第26-27页 |
| ·Coherence Rule | 第27-28页 |
| ·Fidelity Rule | 第28-29页 |
| ·A General Application of Skopos Theory in Translation | 第29-36页 |
| ·The Application of Skopos Theory in Literary Translation | 第29-32页 |
| ·Skopos Theory and Legge's Translation of Mencius | 第32-36页 |
| Chapter 4 The Application of Skopos Theory in Legge's Translation of Mencius | 第36-56页 |
| ·The Application of Skopos Rule in Mencius | 第36-41页 |
| ·The Application of Coherence Rule in Mencius | 第41-45页 |
| ·The Application of Fidelity Rule in Mencius | 第45-56页 |
| ·Liberal Translation under the Fidelity Rule | 第45-50页 |
| ·Transliteration under the Fidelity Rule | 第50-51页 |
| ·Annotation under the Fidelity Rule | 第51-56页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第56-58页 |
| References | 第58-60页 |