| 摘要 | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-13页 |
| Introduction | 第13-18页 |
| ·Poems in A Dream of Red Mansions | 第13-14页 |
| ·Purpose of the Study | 第14-16页 |
| ·Framework of the Thesis | 第16-18页 |
| Chapter One Literature Review | 第18-26页 |
| ·Overview of Metaphor Studies | 第18-22页 |
| ·Western Study on Metaphor | 第18-21页 |
| ·Domestic Study on Metaphor | 第21-22页 |
| ·Cognitive Approach to Metaphor Studies in Poems | 第22-24页 |
| ·Poetical Metaphor Studies in A Dream of Red Mansions | 第24-26页 |
| Chapter Two Conceptual Metaphor Theory | 第26-39页 |
| ·The Definition of Conceptual Metaphor | 第26-28页 |
| ·The Philosophical Basis of Conceptual Metaphor | 第28-31页 |
| ·The Main Characteristics of Conceptual Metaphor | 第31-33页 |
| ·Work Mechanism of Conceptual Metaphor | 第33-39页 |
| ·The Parts of Mapping | 第35-36页 |
| ·The Features of Mapping | 第36-39页 |
| Chapter Three Poetical Metaphor in A Dream of Red Mansions | 第39-66页 |
| ·Poetical Metaphor | 第39-40页 |
| ·Poetical Metaphor in A Dream of Red Mansions | 第40-66页 |
| ·Portraying the Personal Features of the Characters | 第41-50页 |
| ·Personal Features of the Characters and Plants | 第43-45页 |
| ·Personal Features of the Characters and Animals | 第45-46页 |
| ·Personal Features of the Characters and Allusion | 第46-50页 |
| ·Hinting the Fates of the Characters | 第50-60页 |
| ·Fates of the Characters and Natural Landscape | 第50-54页 |
| ·Fates of the Characters and Flowers | 第54-57页 |
| ·Fates of the Characters and Artificial Things | 第57-59页 |
| ·Fates of the Characters and Allusion | 第59-60页 |
| ·Expressing the Attitudes to Love of the Characters | 第60-66页 |
| ·Attitudes to Love of the Characters and Natural Landscape | 第60-62页 |
| ·Attitudes to Love of the Characters and Plants | 第62-64页 |
| ·Attitudes to Love of the Characters and Allusion | 第64-66页 |
| Chapter Four Cognitive Studies on Poetical Metaphors in A Dream of Red Mansions | 第66-82页 |
| ·Principles of Mapping on Poetical Metaphor | 第66-68页 |
| ·Mapping by Similarity | 第67页 |
| ·Mapping by Relevance in Experience | 第67-68页 |
| ·Cognitive Operations of Poetical Metaphor | 第68-73页 |
| ·The Finding of Similarity | 第69-70页 |
| ·Mapping | 第70-72页 |
| ·Interaction | 第72-73页 |
| ·Cohesive Study of Poetical Metaphor | 第73-82页 |
| ·Cohesive Chain and the Extension of Metaphor | 第75-76页 |
| ·Forms of Metaphorical Cohesive Chain in Poems | 第76-78页 |
| ·Structure of Metaphorical Cohesive Chain in Poems | 第78-82页 |
| Conclusion | 第82-84页 |
| Bibliography | 第84-88页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第88-89页 |
| Appendix 攻读学位期间主要研究成果目录 | 第89-90页 |
| 详细摘要 | 第90-98页 |
