| 摘要 | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract | 第4-8页 |
| Chapter Ⅰ Introduction | 第8-14页 |
| ·Research Background | 第8-10页 |
| ·Research Objective | 第10-12页 |
| ·The Scope of the Thesis | 第12-14页 |
| Chapter Ⅱ Literature Review | 第14-26页 |
| ·Tao Te Ching | 第14-17页 |
| ·Content | 第15-16页 |
| ·Language Features | 第16-17页 |
| ·English Translation of Tao Te Ching | 第17-23页 |
| ·The Period of Christianization | 第17-18页 |
| ·The Period of Western Adaptation | 第18-19页 |
| ·The Period of Cultural Interpretation | 第19-20页 |
| ·The Main English Translations | 第20-23页 |
| ·Studies on Tao Te Ching | 第23-24页 |
| ·Summary | 第24-26页 |
| Chapter Ⅲ Translator’s Subjectivity and Related Theories | 第26-36页 |
| ·Definition of the Translator’s Subjectivity | 第26-28页 |
| ·Related Theories | 第28-31页 |
| ·Reception Aesthetics | 第28-29页 |
| ·Hermeneutics | 第29-31页 |
| ·Related Concepts | 第31-34页 |
| ·Implied Reader | 第31-33页 |
| ·Intertextuality | 第33-34页 |
| ·Summary | 第34-36页 |
| Chapter Ⅳ Comparison of Four English Versions in the Translating Process of Tao Te Ching | 第36-70页 |
| ·The First Stage: from the ST to the ST’(Translator as a Reader) | 第36-41页 |
| ·The Second Stage: from the ST’to TT’(Translator as an Interpreter) | 第41-57页 |
| ·The Selected Translators and Their Translations and the Reasons | 第44-48页 |
| ·Different Translators Have Different Comprehensions | 第48-49页 |
| ·Different Translators Have Different Ways to Solve Difficulties on Linguistic Level | 第49-54页 |
| ·Different Translators Are Different at Idealistic Level | 第54-57页 |
| ·The Third Stage: from the TT’to TT (Translator as a Writer) | 第57-68页 |
| ·Different Strategies Adopted by Different Translators | 第57-63页 |
| ·Word-for-Word Translations vs. Paraphrases or Clarifying Expansions | 第58-62页 |
| ·Historical Translations vs. Modernized Translations | 第62-63页 |
| ·Different Treatments of the Formal Characteristics of the ST | 第63-66页 |
| ·Different Versions Resulting from Different Motivations or Purposes | 第66-68页 |
| ·Summary | 第68-70页 |
| Chapter Ⅴ Conclusion | 第70-74页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第74-76页 |
| Bibliography | 第76-80页 |
| 研究成果 | 第80-82页 |
| Appendix A | 第82-87页 |
