| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-8页 |
| 前言 | 第8-12页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第12-15页 |
| Chapter Two Traditional Chinese Family Based upon Patriarchal Clan System | 第15-31页 |
| ·Brief introduction to patriarchal clan system | 第15-18页 |
| ·Great influence of the clan system to Chinese society | 第18-26页 |
| ·Strong feeling of integrating as a whole | 第18-20页 |
| ·Attaching importance to heir breeding | 第20-21页 |
| ·Ancestor worship | 第21-22页 |
| ·Public-owned family property | 第22-23页 |
| ·Laying store by family credit | 第23-24页 |
| ·Unparalleled influence of the clan system | 第24-26页 |
| ·Pearl Buck's preference to the traditional family | 第26-31页 |
| Chapter Three Decline Met with the Traditional Family | 第31-45页 |
| ·Cultural inducement imputed to the decline of the traditional family | 第31-42页 |
| ·Phenomena of cultural collision | 第31-33页 |
| ·Causes to the cultural collision | 第33-36页 |
| ·Disorganization of the traditional family | 第36-42页 |
| ·Defects of the traditional family | 第42-45页 |
| Chapter Four Bud of the New Family Organizing Pattern | 第45-47页 |
| ·Ideal pattern in Pearl Buck's mind | 第45页 |
| ·New pattern presented in Pearl Buck's works | 第45-47页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第47-49页 |
| Notes | 第49-52页 |
| Bibliography | 第52-53页 |
