| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-9页 |
| Contents | 第9-11页 |
| Chapter One. Introduction | 第11-19页 |
| ·General Introduction of the Study | 第11-12页 |
| ·Literature Review | 第12-16页 |
| ·Study Abroad | 第12-14页 |
| ·Study at Home | 第14-16页 |
| ·Aim and Layout of the Present Study | 第16-19页 |
| Chapter Two. The Image of China in British Literature | 第19-28页 |
| ·Literary Imagination and Cultural Utilization | 第19-21页 |
| ·The Utopian China in British Literature | 第21-23页 |
| ·The Image of China as an Orientalized Nation | 第23-25页 |
| ·"Yellow Peril" and the Stereotyped Image of Chinese | 第25-28页 |
| Chapter Three. The Exptic Image of China in The Painted Veil | 第28-37页 |
| ·Maugham's Yearning for China | 第28-29页 |
| ·Image of China as the Exotic in The Painted Veil | 第29-31页 |
| ·Image of Chinese Women in The Painted Veil | 第31-37页 |
| ·The Manchu Princess | 第31-34页 |
| ·The Bound Feet of Chinese Women | 第34-37页 |
| Chapter Four. The Xenophobic Images in The Painted Veil | 第37-49页 |
| ·Image of China as the examined in The Painted Veil | 第37-42页 |
| ·Backward China in The Painted Veil | 第37-39页 |
| ·The Plague-Invaded Chinese Town | 第39-40页 |
| ·The Redemption of China | 第40-42页 |
| ·The Image of Chinese in The Painted Veil | 第42-47页 |
| ·Marginalized Chinese | 第42-44页 |
| ·Ugly Chinese | 第44-47页 |
| ·Feminization of China in The Painted Veil | 第47-49页 |
| Chapter Five. Conclusion | 第49-51页 |
| Works Cited | 第51-54页 |
| Publications | 第54页 |
