| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8-12页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第12-21页 |
| ·Culture and language | 第14-16页 |
| ·Culture and translation | 第16-17页 |
| ·The culturally-loaded concepts | 第17-21页 |
| Chapter 2 The Theory of Philosophical Hermeneutics in Translation | 第21-29页 |
| ·Brief introduction to hermeneutics | 第21-22页 |
| ·Basic concepts of philosophical hermeneutics | 第22-27页 |
| ·The historicity of understanding | 第22-24页 |
| ·Horizon and the fusion of horizons | 第24-26页 |
| ·Effective history principles | 第26-27页 |
| ·The influence of hermeneutics on translation | 第27-29页 |
| Chapter 3 The Origin and the Connotations of Dao (道) | 第29-39页 |
| ·The origin of Dao (道) | 第29-30页 |
| ·The connotations of Dao (道) in early classics | 第30-35页 |
| ·Dao (道) in Yi Ching (易经) | 第30-31页 |
| ·Dao (道) in The Book of Early History (尚书) | 第31-32页 |
| ·Dao (道) in The Book of Poetry (诗经) | 第32-33页 |
| ·Dao (道) in Guo Yu(国语) and Zuo Zhuan(左传) | 第33-34页 |
| ·Dao (道) in Dao De Jing (道德经) | 第34-35页 |
| ·Further analysis of the connotations of Dao ( 道) and its English translation | 第35-39页 |
| Chapter 4 The Hermeneutic Understanding and Translation of Dao (道) | 第39-56页 |
| ·Philosophical hermeneutics in translating the Chinese classics | 第39-41页 |
| ·The Translations of Dao (道) in Chinese Classics | 第41-56页 |
| ·Dao (道) as “road”, “path”, “way” | 第41-43页 |
| ·Dao (道) as “way”,“method” | 第43-45页 |
| ·Dao (道) as “the order of nature”, “universal laws or rules” | 第45-46页 |
| ·Dao (道) as “doctrines”, “principles”, “ideas” | 第46-48页 |
| ·Dao (道) as “truth”, “learning” | 第48-50页 |
| ·Dao (道) as “morality and justice”, “good government or policies” | 第50-51页 |
| ·Dao (道) used as a verb | 第51-52页 |
| ·Dao (道) in Daoism | 第52-56页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第56-58页 |
| Bibliography | 第58-61页 |
| 攻读硕士学位期间的研究成果 | 第61页 |
