| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-12页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第12-17页 |
| ·Brief Touch on Liu E and the Book | 第12-13页 |
| ·The Two English Versions of Lao Can You Ji | 第13-15页 |
| ·Yang Xianyi and Gladys Yang’s version | 第13-14页 |
| ·Harold Shadick’s version | 第14-15页 |
| ·Thesis Structure | 第15-17页 |
| CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW AND RESEARCH QUESTION | 第17-21页 |
| ·Literature Review | 第17-19页 |
| ·Research Question, Methodology and Significance | 第19-21页 |
| CHAPTER THREE GEORGE STEINER’S HERMENEUTIC MOTION AND TRANSLATOR’S SUBJECTIVITY | 第21-32页 |
| ·Hermeneutics and Steiner’s Hermeneutic Motion | 第21-25页 |
| ·The origin and development of hermeneutics | 第21-23页 |
| ·Steiner’s fourfold hermeneutic motion | 第23-25页 |
| ·Translator’s Subjectivity | 第25-27页 |
| ·A review of translator’s status | 第25-26页 |
| ·The connotation of translator’s subjectivity | 第26-27页 |
| ·Embodiment of Translator’s Subjectivity in Steiner’s Hermeneutic Motion | 第27-30页 |
| ·Significance of the Study of Translator’s Subjectivity | 第30-32页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR A CASE STUDY OF LAO CAN YOU JI | 第32-54页 |
| ·Translator’s Initial Trust | 第32-40页 |
| ·Translator’s trust towards the thought of the novel | 第32-37页 |
| ·Translator’s trust towards the artistic value of the novel | 第37-40页 |
| ·Translator’s Aggression | 第40-45页 |
| ·Aggression out of translator’s cultural consciousness | 第40-43页 |
| ·Aggression out of translator’s personal understanding | 第43-45页 |
| ·Translator’s Incorporation | 第45-49页 |
| ·Incorporation of Chinese cultural specific expression | 第45-47页 |
| ·Incorporation of Chinese etiquette | 第47-49页 |
| ·Translator’s Compensation | 第49-54页 |
| ·The loss in translation | 第49-50页 |
| ·The two translators’different compensation | 第50-54页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE RECEPTION OF THE TRANSLATION AND TRANSLATOR’S SUBJECTIVITY | 第54-69页 |
| ·Reception of the Two Versions in the Western World | 第54-57页 |
| ·Relation between Reception of the Translation and Translator’s Subjectivity | 第57-69页 |
| CHAPTER SIX CONCLUSION | 第69-74页 |
| ·Review on the Paper | 第69-72页 |
| ·Limitation and Further Research Prospect | 第72-74页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第74-78页 |
