| Ⅰ Introduction | 第6-7页 |
| Ⅱ Metaphor | 第7-12页 |
| 2.1 A historical overview of metaphor study abroad | 第7-10页 |
| 2.1.1 The Classical View | 第7页 |
| 2.1.2 The Romantic View | 第7页 |
| 2.1.3 Some Twentieth Century Views | 第7-10页 |
| 2.1.3.1 Linguistic Approach to Modern Metaphor Study | 第8页 |
| 2.1.3.2 Anthropological Approach to Modern Metaphor Study | 第8-9页 |
| 2.1.3.3 The Cognitive View | 第9-10页 |
| 2.2 The grounding of metaphors: basic human experiences | 第10-11页 |
| 2.3 Metaphors as cognitive instruments | 第11-12页 |
| Ⅲ An brief analysis of metaphors of life and death in English | 第12-15页 |
| Ⅳ The metaphorical structure of Chinese data on life and death | 第15-39页 |
| 4.1 Life as a moving process down a road | 第16-35页 |
| 4.1.1 Birth as the arrival | 第16-18页 |
| 4.1.2 Life is a journey | 第18-26页 |
| 4.1.3 Death is departure | 第26-35页 |
| 4.1.3.1 The dying person takes leave from life | 第27-30页 |
| 4.1.3.2 The 'hun' and 'po' of the person exits the body | 第30-32页 |
| 4.1.3.3 Personified Death or sickness takes the person out of life | 第32-35页 |
| 4.2 Life as cyclical natural events | 第35-39页 |
| 4.2.1 seasonal cycles | 第35-37页 |
| 4.2.2 Day-night cycles | 第37-39页 |
| 4.3 Other mappings | 第39页 |
| Ⅴ Conclusion | 第39-41页 |
| Ⅵ Appendix: Conceptual metaphors | 第41-48页 |
| Ⅶ References: | 第48-49页 |
