| Chapter I Introduction | 第1-11页 |
| Chapter II The West Met the East | 第11-35页 |
| 2．1． Revolutionary ideas of Emerson | 第11-19页 |
| 2．2． Call of the age | 第19-25页 |
| 2．3． Features of the Oriental thoughts | 第25-34页 |
| Note | 第34-35页 |
| Chapter III Confucius' Appealto Emerson | 第35-61页 |
| 3．1． "Innate good”and "intrinsiclight”,nature of human beings | 第36-40页 |
| 3．2． Confucius' attitude toward fate and that of Emerson | 第40-45页 |
| 3．3． Practicaltendency of Confucianism | 第45-48页 |
| 3．4． Moralization of politics as start point of social reform | 第48-53页 |
| 3．5． Moral senses and practical meaning of education | 第53-58页 |
| Note | 第58-61页 |
| Chapter IV Parallel between Emerson's Thinking and Taoism | 第61-89页 |
| 4．1． The explanation of four terms | 第61-63页 |
| 4．2． ”Tao”,origin and noumenon and "Over-soul”,source of everything | 第63-66页 |
| 4．3． Similarities between Tao and Over-soul | 第66-69页 |
| 4．4． "Hear Tao”,key to epistemology of Chinese philosophy | 第69-74页 |
| 4．5． Levels of virtue and means to attain it | 第74-82页 |
| 4．6． Criterion of beauty | 第82-86页 |
| Note | 第86-89页 |
| Chapter V Conclusion | 第89-94页 |
| 5．1． Appeal of Confucius,one source of inspiration,and echo of Taoism,common ideal of life | 第89-91页 |
| 5．2． A contradiction in Emerson's attitude as driving force of this study | 第91-92页 |
| 5．3． The true meaning of culture and reasons for the specific study | 第92-94页 |
