| 摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-8页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第8-13页 |
| ·Topic and Purpose | 第8-9页 |
| ·The Status of Researches at Home and Abroad | 第9-10页 |
| ·Comparability | 第10-11页 |
| ·Methods of Researching and Main Ideas | 第11页 |
| ·Significance of this Study | 第11-13页 |
| Chapter Two The Background and Sources of Emerson and Thoreau’s Transcendentalism | 第13-21页 |
| ·The Recession of Christian Tradition and Religious Belief | 第13-17页 |
| ·The Prevalence of the Spirit of Capitalism | 第17-19页 |
| ·The Source of Emerson and Thoreau’s Transcendentalism | 第19-21页 |
| ·Kant's Transzendent | 第19页 |
| ·Indian Veda and Confucian Classics | 第19-21页 |
| Chapter Three Emerson, Thoreau’s "Individualism" and Confucian " Datong Society" | 第21-28页 |
| ·The Origin of Individualism | 第21-23页 |
| ·Emerson and Thoreau’s Individualism | 第23-25页 |
| ·The Confucian "Datong Society" | 第25-28页 |
| Chapter Four Emerson, Thoreau’s Mean and Doctrine of Good Human Nature | 第28-33页 |
| ·The Way of Maintaining the Mean: Self-cultivation | 第28-29页 |
| ·Four Beginnings of Human Nature | 第29-30页 |
| ·The Harmony between Reason and Emotion | 第30-33页 |
| Chapter Five Emerson, Thoreau and Confucian Philosophy of Poetic Wisdom | 第33-36页 |
| ·The Respect for "Rebirth" | 第33-34页 |
| ·The Worship of the Poet | 第34-36页 |
| Chapter Six Emerson, Thoreau and Taoism’s View on the Nature | 第36-45页 |
| ·The Metaphysical Feature of Way-making(Dao) | 第36-37页 |
| ·The Transcendentalist Oversoul & the Taoist "Noncoersiveness" | 第37-40页 |
| ·The United and Opposed Characteristic of Dao | 第37-38页 |
| ·The Way to Achieve Dao | 第38-40页 |
| ·The Attitude Toward Life – An Attitude of Original Simplicity | 第40-45页 |
| ·Lifestyles | 第41-42页 |
| ·The Pursuit for the Spirit of Innocence | 第42-43页 |
| ·Relationship between Gentlemen ：The Plain-water-like Interpersonal Relationship | 第43-45页 |
| Chapter Seven Conclusion | 第45-47页 |
| Bibliography | 第47-49页 |
| 攻读硕士学位期间发表的论文及研究成果 | 第49-50页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第50-51页 |
