| Abstract | 第1-7页 |
| 内容摘要 | 第7-9页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第9-21页 |
| 1．1 A Brief Literature Review of T． S． Eliot Study and Four Quartets | 第9-13页 |
| 1．2 A Brief Review of Chinese Tao and Heraclitus' Logos | 第13-17页 |
| 1．3 A Brief Review of Eliot's Religious and Philosophical Inheritance | 第17-21页 |
| Chapter Two Chinese Taoist View of Language in Four Quartets | 第21-35页 |
| 2．1 Poetry's Inadequacy to Depict History and the Poet's Duty | 第21-31页 |
| 2．1．1 Different Interpretations of the Text | 第22-27页 |
| 2．1．2 The Poet's Being a First-Rate Critic | 第27-30页 |
| 2．1．3 The Impossibility for Arts to Be Created in Any Isolated Situation | 第30-31页 |
| 2．2 A Brief Survry of Poetic Language in Eliot and Chinese Tao | 第31-35页 |
| Chapter Three Chinese Taoist View of Time in Four Quartets | 第35-54页 |
| 3．1 Eliot's Inner Questing Journey of Time | 第35-47页 |
| 3．1．1 The Early Romantic Period | 第36页 |
| 3．1．2 The Purgatorial Period | 第36-42页 |
| 3．1．3 The Journey to the Heaven | 第42-47页 |
| 3．2 The Fruitless Journey from the Past to the Future | 第47-50页 |
| 3．3 Man's Fruitless Contention in Eliot and Chinese Tao | 第50-54页 |
| Chapter Four Chinese Taoist View of Life in Four Quartets | 第54-70页 |
| 4．1 The Way to Salvation | 第54-60页 |
| 4．1．1 Christian Humility and Taoist Simplicity | 第55-56页 |
| 4．1．2 Christian Love and Taoist Pity | 第56-58页 |
| 4．1．3 Sin and Purgation | 第58-60页 |
| 4．2 The Golden Means and the Middle Way | 第60-64页 |
| 4．3 Right Action in Eliot and Chinese Tao | 第64-70页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第70-74页 |
| Bibliography | 第74-77页 |
