| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Contents | 第7-9页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第9-13页 |
| ·Background of the research | 第9-10页 |
| ·Significance of the research | 第10-11页 |
| ·Methodology and data analysis | 第11-12页 |
| ·Structure of the thesis | 第12-13页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review | 第13-20页 |
| ·Studies on the English versions of Chin Ping Mei | 第13-14页 |
| ·Studies on the translation of erotic descriptions | 第14-18页 |
| ·Definition of erotic descriptions | 第14-15页 |
| ·The role of erotic descriptions in Chin Ping Mei | 第15-17页 |
| ·Previous studies on the translation of erotic descriptions in other literary works | 第17-18页 |
| ·Summary | 第18-20页 |
| ·Limitations of existing studies on the English versions of Chin Ping Mei | 第18-19页 |
| ·Contribution of this research | 第19-20页 |
| Chapter 3 The Translator’s Subjectivity | 第20-25页 |
| ·Studies on the translator’s subjectivity | 第20-21页 |
| ·Connotation of translator’s subjectivity | 第21-23页 |
| ·Key features of the translator’s subjectivity | 第23-25页 |
| ·Subjective initiative of the translator | 第23页 |
| ·Passiveness of the translator | 第23-24页 |
| ·Purposiveness of the translator | 第24-25页 |
| Chapter 4 Differences in Erotic Descriptions of the Two English Versions of Chin Ping Mei | 第25-39页 |
| ·Differences in descriptions of body and genital organs | 第25-32页 |
| ·Differences in descriptions of foreplay and marginal sex behavior | 第32-35页 |
| ·Differences in descriptions of sexual intercourse | 第35-39页 |
| Chapter 5 Reasons for Differences in Erotic Descriptions from the Perspective of the Translator’s Subjectivity | 第39-45页 |
| ·Difference in the subjective initiative of the two translators | 第39-40页 |
| ·Egerton’s Subjective Initiative | 第39-40页 |
| ·Roy’s Subjective Initiative | 第40页 |
| ·Difference in the passiveness of the two translators | 第40-42页 |
| ·Passiveness in Egerton’s subjectivity | 第40-41页 |
| ·Passiveness in Roy’s subjectivity | 第41-42页 |
| ·Difference in the purposiveness of the two translators | 第42-45页 |
| ·Purposiveness in Egerton’s subjectivity | 第42-43页 |
| ·Purposiveness in Roy’s subjectivity | 第43-45页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第45-47页 |
| Bibliography | 第47-50页 |
| 附件 | 第50页 |
