| Acknowledgements | 第6-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-9页 |
| Abstract | 第9-11页 |
| Introduction | 第14-17页 |
| Chapter 1 Discussions of Comparability | 第17-27页 |
| 1.1 Comparability in Terms of Literary Tradition | 第19-20页 |
| 1.2 Comparability in Terms of Political Situation | 第20-23页 |
| 1.2.1 The Cycle of Integration and Separation | 第20-21页 |
| 1.2.2 An Age of Revolutions | 第21-23页 |
| 1.3 Comparability in Terms of Intellectual Changes | 第23-27页 |
| 1.3.1 The Decline of Confucianism and Development of Buddhism andTaoism | 第23-25页 |
| 1.3.2 An Emphasis on Sensibility | 第25-27页 |
| Chapter 2 Different Representations of Autumn in Poetry | 第27-45页 |
| 2.1 The Autumn –Related Poems in Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties | 第27-33页 |
| 2.1.1 Intense Longing for Hometown | 第28-29页 |
| 2.1.2 Lamentation for Personal Aspirations and the Passage of Time | 第29-31页 |
| 2.1.3 Missing her Lover and Complaints of Being Abandoned | 第31-33页 |
| 2.2 The Autumn –Related Poems in British Romantic Period | 第33-45页 |
| 2.2.1 Objective Description of Autumn Scenes | 第34-35页 |
| 2.2.2 Grief for Decadence and the Beloved | 第35-39页 |
| 2.2.3 Inward Peace and Philosophical Thought | 第39-41页 |
| 2.2.4 Happiness for Harvest | 第41-43页 |
| 2.2.5 A symbol of Power and Force | 第43-45页 |
| Chapter 3 Further Explorations of Autumn Images and Meaning | 第45-58页 |
| 3.1 Similar Representations of Autumn in Poetry | 第45-47页 |
| 3.1.1 A Shift from Externality to Internality | 第45-46页 |
| 3.1.2 Revolt Against the Old Literary Concept | 第46-47页 |
| 3.2 Different Representations of Autumn in Poetry | 第47-52页 |
| 3.2.1 Difference in Autumn Images | 第48-50页 |
| 3.2.2 Negative Connotation and Positive Connotation | 第50-52页 |
| 3.3 Analysis of the Differences in Autumn Images | 第52-58页 |
| 3.3.1 Difference in Traditional Cosmology | 第52-53页 |
| 3.3.2 Difference in Literature Origin | 第53-55页 |
| 3.3.3 Difference in Aesthetics | 第55-56页 |
| 3.3.4 Difference in Social Mobility | 第56-58页 |
| Conclusion | 第58-60页 |
| Reference | 第60-63页 |
| Appendix | 第63-71页 |
