| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-9页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-13页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第13-17页 |
| ·Research Background | 第13-14页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第14-15页 |
| ·Research Methodology | 第15页 |
| ·Research Significance | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第17-29页 |
| ·The Nature of Translation Art or Science? | 第17-21页 |
| ·Poetry Translation: Application of Aesthetics to Translation | 第21-27页 |
| ·Definition of Aesthetics | 第21-22页 |
| ·Translational Aesthetics | 第22-26页 |
| ·Application of Aesthetics to Poetry Translation | 第26-27页 |
| ·Previous Studies on Xu Yuanchong the Poetry Translator | 第27页 |
| ·Summary | 第27-29页 |
| Chapter 3 Xu Yuanchong the Translator of Literature | 第29-37页 |
| ·Life Experiences and his Achievements in Translation | 第29-30页 |
| ·Xu'sAchievements and major translated works | 第30-37页 |
| ·Translation on Miscellaneous Topics: an Early Attempt | 第31-33页 |
| ·Translation of Classical Chinese poems into English and French: a Middle AgeEndeavor | 第33-35页 |
| ·Classical Re-translation: Culmination of His Career as a Translator | 第35-37页 |
| Chapter 4 Xu Yuanchong the Theorist of Literary Translation | 第37-58页 |
| ·Development of Xu's translation theory | 第38-41页 |
| ·System of Xu Yuanchong's Theory | 第41-55页 |
| ·In Range of Ontology | 第41-45页 |
| ·In Range of Methodology | 第45-52页 |
| ·In Range of Teleology | 第52-54页 |
| ·In Range of Epistemology | 第54-55页 |
| ·Illustration of Xu'sAesthetic Views in his Poetry Translation | 第55-56页 |
| ·Summary | 第56-58页 |
| Chapter 5 Aesthetic Interpretation of Xu's Translation Theory | 第58-83页 |
| ·Beauty | 第59-70页 |
| ·Beauty as an Artistic Property | 第59-62页 |
| ·Beauty as an Objective of Translation | 第62-63页 |
| ·Xu's Three-Beauty Principle | 第63-69页 |
| ·Summary | 第69-70页 |
| ·Creation | 第70-75页 |
| ·Creation in Imitation, Art, Poetics | 第70-72页 |
| ·Creation Involved in the Traditional Arguments over Word and Essential 文与质, Virtualness and reality 虚与实, and Resemblance in Spirit | 第72-74页 |
| ·Summary | 第74-75页 |
| ·Rivalry | 第75-78页 |
| ·Relativity of Beauty | 第75-76页 |
| ·Advantages of Rivalry | 第76-77页 |
| ·Summary | 第77-78页 |
| ·Three Zhi (之) | 第78-83页 |
| ·Aesthetic Pleasure and Three Zhi | 第78-80页 |
| ·The Realm Hypothesis and Three Zhi (之) | 第80-81页 |
| ·Summary | 第81-83页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第83-87页 |
| ·Controversies over Xu's Theory in the Translation Circles | 第83-84页 |
| ·Positive Comments on Xu's Translational Theory | 第83页 |
| ·Negative Comments on Xu's Translational Theory | 第83-84页 |
| ·Research Findings | 第84-86页 |
| ·Research Limitation | 第86页 |
| ·Suggestions for Further Research | 第86-87页 |
| Bibliography | 第87-89页 |
