| Introduction | 第1-12页 |
| Chapter One A General Introduction to The Book of Songs | 第12-34页 |
| 1．1 A Brief Account of The Book of Songs | 第14-20页 |
| 1．1．1 The Book of Songs | 第14-16页 |
| 1．1．2 Unique Position of The Book of Songs in the History of Chinese Literature and Its Profound Influence on Later Generations | 第16-20页 |
| 1．2 Poetic Features of The Book of Songs | 第20-34页 |
| 1．2．1 The Realistic Themes of The Book of Songs | 第20-22页 |
| 1．2．2 Prosody of The Book of Songs | 第22-25页 |
| 1．2．3 Other Musical Devices in The Book of Songs | 第25-26页 |
| 1．2．4 Artistic Devices of The Book of Songs | 第26-34页 |
| Chapter Two English Translations of The Book of Songs | 第34-57页 |
| 2．1 A General Account of English Translations of The Book of Songs | 第34-37页 |
| 2．2 Four Important English Translations of The Book of Songs | 第37-57页 |
| 2．2．1 A Brief Introduction to the Four Important Translators | 第37-39页 |
| 2．2．2 Comparison of the Four Important English Versions | 第39-57页 |
| Chapter Three The Interpretation of The Book of Songs | 第57-74页 |
| 3．1 Historical Hermeneutics | 第57-59页 |
| 3．2 Different Interpretations of The Book of Songs | 第59-74页 |
| 3．2．1 Different Traditions of Interpreting The Book of Songs | 第59-62页 |
| 3．2．2 Different Interpretations Embodied in Various Translations | 第62-74页 |
| Chapter Four The Reception of The Book of Songs in Britain and America | 第74-87页 |
| 4．1 Reception Theory | 第74-77页 |
| 4．2 The Reception of The Book of Songs in Britain and America | 第77-87页 |
| 4．2．1 Social and Historical Conditions and the People's Expectation | 第77-80页 |
| 4．2．2 Some Anglo-American Scholars' Receptions of The Book of Songs | 第80-87页 |
| Chapter Five Reevaluation of The Book of Songs and Its English Translations | 第87-99页 |
| 5．1 Orientalism | 第87-88页 |
| 5．2 China and Chinese Culture in Westerners' Perspective | 第88-93页 |
| 5．2．1 China's Cult in the Seventeenth- and Eighteenth- Century | 第88-90页 |
| 5．2．2 Depreciation of China and Chinese Literature from the Nineteenth Century | 第90-93页 |
| 5．3 Reevaluation of The Book of Songs in Communication Across Cultures | 第93-97页 |
| 5．3．1 Significance of The Book of Songs to Modern People | 第93-96页 |
| 5．3．2 Appreciation of The Book of Songs in the World Today | 第96-97页 |
| 5．4 Challenges to Contemporary Translators in China | 第97-99页 |
| Conclusion | 第99-101页 |
| Bibliography | 第101-107页 |
