| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract in Chinese | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-9页 |
| Introduction | 第9-13页 |
| Chapter One Creation of the Best as in Rivalry—Xu Yuanchong's Pursuit in Translation | 第13-23页 |
| I. Dialectical relationship among "creation", "the best", "as" and "rivalry" | 第13-17页 |
| II. Controversy on the theory of "rivalry" | 第17-20页 |
| III. Analysis on the theory of "creation of the best as in rivalry" | 第20-23页 |
| Chapter Two The Theoretic Foundation of the Theory of "Rivalry" | 第23-32页 |
| I. The theory of "rivalry" and Nida's theory of "functional equivalence" | 第23-28页 |
| II. The theory of "rivalry", a development of ideas on "creation" | 第28-32页 |
| Chapter Three "Rivalry" in the Conveyance of Chinese Poetry's Artistic Conception | 第32-60页 |
| I. Cultural allusion expressed through creation as rivalry | 第34-40页 |
| II. Rhetoric rebuilt through creation as rivalry | 第40-48页 |
| III. Specialized terms presented through creation as rivalry | 第48-52页 |
| IV. Number transmitted through creation as rivalry | 第52-55页 |
| V. Reduplication recurrence through creation as rivalry | 第55-57页 |
| VI. Image reproduction through creation as rivalry | 第57-60页 |
| Conclusion | 第60-61页 |
| Notes | 第61-66页 |
| Bibliography | 第66-69页 |
