| 中文摘要 | 第1-3页 |
| Abstract | 第3-4页 |
| 中文文摘 | 第4-6页 |
| 目录 | 第6-7页 |
| Introduction | 第7-11页 |
| ·Confucians as Rhetoricians | 第7-8页 |
| ·Rhetoric in Western Tradition | 第8-9页 |
| ·"言~(speech)","辞~(diction)" versus "Rhetoric" | 第9页 |
| ·Pre-Qin Confucian Discourse in a Rhetorical Perspective | 第9-11页 |
| Chapter One The Rhetorical Situation Facing Pre-Qin Confucians | 第11-17页 |
| ·Rhetorical Situation Facing Confucius | 第11-15页 |
| ·Rhetorical Situation Facing Mencius | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter Two The Rhetorical Practice Conducted by Pre-Qin Confucians | 第17-29页 |
| ·The Rhetorical Practice by Confucius in the Spring and Autumn Period | 第17-21页 |
| ·The Rhetorical Practice by Confucians in the Warring States Period | 第21-25页 |
| ·A Summary of the Rhetorical Practice Conducted by Pre-Qin Confucians | 第25-29页 |
| Chapter Three Pre-Qin Confucians' Excellence in Rhetoric | 第29-41页 |
| ·Anti-rhetoric Practiced by Pre-Qin Confucians | 第29-34页 |
| ·Confucius and His Disciples Excel in Rhetoric | 第34-35页 |
| ·Mencius' Preference for Ethos | 第35-41页 |
| Conclusion | 第41-43页 |
| References | 第43-45页 |
| 攻读学位期间承担的科研任务与主要成果 | 第45-47页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第47-49页 |
| 个人简历 | 第49-51页 |
