| 摘要 | 第1-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8-15页 |
| Introduction | 第15-25页 |
| ·Recent Studies of Metaphor | 第15-16页 |
| ·Studies of Xin and Xin Metaphor | 第16-21页 |
| ·The Study in This Thesis | 第21-23页 |
| ·Research Methods and Corpora in This Thesis | 第23-25页 |
| Chapter 1 Theoretical Basis of This Thesis | 第25-43页 |
| ·An Overview of Metaphor in Cognition | 第25-33页 |
| ·Cognitive Nature of Metaphor | 第25-26页 |
| ·Working Mechanism of Metaphor | 第26-29页 |
| ·Cognitive Functions of Metaphor | 第29-33页 |
| ·An Important Means of Understanding the World | 第29-31页 |
| ·An Essential Way of Conceptualizing Experience | 第31页 |
| ·A Cognitive Tool in Creating New Meanings | 第31-33页 |
| ·Culture Reflected in Metaphor | 第33-35页 |
| ·The Theories Applied in the Thesis | 第35-43页 |
| ·Metaphorical Mapping | 第36-38页 |
| ·Conceptual Metaphor | 第38-40页 |
| ·Image Schema | 第40-43页 |
| Chapter 2 An Overview of Xin Metaphor in Chinese Philosophical Discourse | 第43-65页 |
| ·Philosophical Discourse and Xin in Chinese Philosophical Discourse | 第44-48页 |
| ·The Definition and Tendency of Philosophical Discourse | 第44-46页 |
| ·Xin in Chinese Philosophical Discourse | 第46-48页 |
| ·Features of Xin Metaphor in Chinese Philosophical Discourses | 第48-62页 |
| ·Related with the Bodily Experience | 第49-54页 |
| ·The Sense of Vision and Hearing | 第50-52页 |
| ·The Sense of Smelling and Tasting | 第52-53页 |
| ·The Sense of Touching | 第53-54页 |
| ·Related with the Social Experience | 第54-62页 |
| ·Reflected in the Productive Labor | 第54-58页 |
| ·Manifested in Daily Life | 第58-60页 |
| ·Related with Social Life | 第60-62页 |
| ·Summary of This Chapter | 第62-65页 |
| Chapter 3 Analysis of Xin Metaphor in Chinese Philosophical Discourse from the Perspective of Metaphorical Mapping | 第65-77页 |
| ·Mapping Models of Xin Metaphor in Chinese Philosophical Discourse | 第65-74页 |
| ·Mapping to Concrete Object Domain | 第65-69页 |
| ·Mapping to Abstract Domain | 第69-73页 |
| ·To Abstract Object Domain | 第69-70页 |
| ·To Emotion Domain | 第70-71页 |
| ·To Action Domain | 第71-73页 |
| ·Mapping to Other Parts of Human Body | 第73-74页 |
| ·Mapping Features of Xin Metaphor in Chinese Philosophical Discourse | 第74-75页 |
| ·Asymmetric | 第74页 |
| ·Partial | 第74-75页 |
| ·Based on Bodily Experience | 第75页 |
| ·Summary of This Chapter | 第75-77页 |
| Chapter 4 Analysis of Xin in Chinese Philosophical Discourse from the Perspective of Conceptual Metaphor | 第77-89页 |
| ·Conceptual Metaphor of Lakoff and Johnson | 第77-84页 |
| ·Definition of Conceptual Metaphor | 第78-79页 |
| ·The Working Mechanism of Conceptual Metaphors | 第79-80页 |
| ·The Classification of Conceptual Metaphors | 第80-84页 |
| ·Conceptual Metaphor of Xin in Chinese Philosophical Discourse | 第84-87页 |
| ·The Central Part of Things | 第84-85页 |
| ·The Seat of Mentality | 第85-86页 |
| ·The Seat of Emotion | 第86-87页 |
| ·Summary of This Chapter | 第87-89页 |
| Chapter 5 Image Schemata Concerning Xin Metaphor in the Philosophical Discourse | 第89-99页 |
| ·An Overview of Image Schema | 第89-92页 |
| ·Basic Notion of Image Schema | 第89-91页 |
| ·Grounding of Image Schema | 第91页 |
| ·Basic Characteristic of Image Schema | 第91-92页 |
| ·Transformation of Image Schema | 第92页 |
| ·Analysis of Image Schema Concerning Xin Metaphor in Chinese Philosophical Discourse | 第92-98页 |
| ·Containment Schema of Xin Metaphor in Chinese Philosophical Discourse | 第93-94页 |
| ·Balance Schema of Xin Metaphor in Chinese Philosophical Discourse | 第94-96页 |
| ·Other Human Body Schema of Xin Metaphor in Chinese Philosophical Discourse | 第96-98页 |
| ·Summary of This Chapter | 第98-99页 |
| Conclusion | 第99-103页 |
| Bibliography | 第103-106页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第106-107页 |
| Appendix A（攻读学位期间发表论文目录） | 第107页 |
