| Acknowledgements | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第4-6页 |
| Abstract in English | 第6-11页 |
| Introduction | 第11-14页 |
| 1． Language and Culture | 第14-22页 |
| 1．1 The Concept of Culture | 第14-15页 |
| 1．2 Relationship of Language and Culture | 第15-17页 |
| 1．2．1 Interactive Relationship of Language and Culture | 第15-16页 |
| 1．2．2 Divergences of Language and Culture | 第16-17页 |
| 1．3 Chinese and English languages with Their Respective Cultures | 第17-22页 |
| 2． Numbers and Cultural Connotations | 第22-33页 |
| 2．1 Basic Numbers | 第22-23页 |
| 2．2 Cultural Connotations of Numbers Related to Psychology | 第23-26页 |
| 2．3 Cultural Connotations of Numbers Related to Mythology | 第26-28页 |
| 2．4 Cultural Connotations of Numbers Related to Religions | 第28-30页 |
| 2．5 Cultural Connotative Duality of Numbers | 第30-33页 |
| 3． Analysis of English and Chinese Idioms with Numbers | 第33-54页 |
| 3．1 Types of Idioms with Numbers in Both Languages | 第33-39页 |
| 3．1．1 Slang | 第33-35页 |
| 3．1．2 Proverbs | 第35-37页 |
| 3．1．3 Allusions | 第37-39页 |
| 3．2 Unique Chinese Idioms with Numbers | 第39-44页 |
| 3．2．1 Four-character Idioms | 第39-41页 |
| 3．2．2 Allegorical Saying | 第41-43页 |
| 3．2．2．1 Allegorical Saying with Metaphors | 第42-43页 |
| 3．2．2．2 Allegorical Saying with Puns | 第43页 |
| 3．2．3 Antithetical Couplets | 第43-44页 |
| 3．3 The Grammatical Functions of Idioms with Numbers | 第44-47页 |
| 3．3．1 Idioms used as Nouns | 第44-45页 |
| 3．3．2 Idioms used as Adjectives | 第45-46页 |
| 3．3．3 Idioms used as Adverbs | 第46-47页 |
| 3．4 The Semantic Features of Idioms with Numbers | 第47-49页 |
| 3．5 The Rhetoric of Idioms with Numbers | 第49-54页 |
| 3．5．1 Euphemism with Idioms | 第50页 |
| 3．5．2 Hyperbole with Idioms | 第50-52页 |
| 3．5．3 Comparison with Idioms | 第52-54页 |
| 4． Comparison of the English and Chinese Idioms with Numbers | 第54-71页 |
| 4．1 Idioms with Numbers Identical in both Form and Meaning | 第55-57页 |
| 4．2 Idioms with Numbers Non-identical in Form but Identical in Meaning | 第57-62页 |
| 4．2．1 Idioms Conveying Identical Meaning with Non-identical Images Concerned and Identical Numbers Included | 第57-59页 |
| 4．2．2 Idioms Conveying Identical Meaning with Non-identical Images Concerned and Numbers Included | 第59-61页 |
| 4．2．3 Idioms Conveying Identical Meaning with Identical Images Concerned and Non-identical Numbers Included | 第61-62页 |
| 4．3 Idioms with Numbers Identical in Form but Non-identical in Meaning | 第62-64页 |
| 4．4 Idioms with Numbers Lacking Identical Ones in Another Language | 第64-71页 |
| 4．4．1 Historical and Legendary Idioms | 第64-65页 |
| 4．4．2 Idioms from Religion | 第65-67页 |
| 4．4．3 Idioms from Classical Literary Works | 第67-68页 |
| 4．4．4 Idiom with Particular Cultural Connotation | 第68-71页 |
| 5． Conclusion | 第71-73页 |
| Bibliography | 第73-74页 |
