| Acknowledgement | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-9页 |
| Contents | 第9-11页 |
| Chapter Ⅰ Introduction | 第11-16页 |
| ·Research Background | 第11-13页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第13-14页 |
| ·Thesis Structure and Significance | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter Ⅱ Theoretical Prerequisites | 第16-35页 |
| ·The History of Metaphor Study | 第16-22页 |
| ·Rhetoric Study on Metaphor from 30OBC to 1930s | 第16-17页 |
| ·Semantic Study on Metaphor from 1930s to 1970s | 第17-19页 |
| ·Multidisciplinary Study on Metaphor after 1970s | 第19-22页 |
| ·Conceptual Metaphor | 第22-35页 |
| ·The Definition | 第22-24页 |
| ·The Philosophical Basis | 第24-26页 |
| ·The Main Feature—Systematical | 第26-30页 |
| ·The Main Mechanism-----Cross-Domain Mapping | 第30-32页 |
| ·The Classification of Conceptual Metaphor | 第32-35页 |
| Chapter Ⅲ The Classification of Name and Name metaphor in The Story of the Stone | 第35-52页 |
| ·Main Types of Chinese Name | 第35-40页 |
| ·Main Types of Naming Method in The Story of the Stone | 第40-41页 |
| ·The Adoption of Homonymy | 第40-41页 |
| ·The Adoption of Name Metaphor | 第41页 |
| ·Name Metaphors | 第41-52页 |
| ·Name Metaphor of Female Characters | 第41-47页 |
| ·Metaphors of Combined Names | 第47-49页 |
| ·Name Metaphor of the Male Characters | 第49-52页 |
| Chapter Ⅳ Conceptual Implication of Name Metaphor in The Story of the Stone | 第52-61页 |
| ·Main Mapping of Name Metaphor in the Novel | 第53-57页 |
| ·Name Represents the Character | 第53-56页 |
| ·Name Displays the Theme | 第56-57页 |
| ·Main Concepts Presented by Names in The Story of the Stone | 第57-61页 |
| ·Female is Superior than Male | 第58-59页 |
| ·The Harmony of "Yin"and "Yang" | 第59-60页 |
| ·The Strict Social Rank in the Feudal Society | 第60-61页 |
| Chapter Ⅴ Metaphorical Ground and Cultural Impact of Name Metaphors in The Story of the Stone | 第61-69页 |
| ·Metaphorical Ground | 第61-66页 |
| ·General Cultural Ground | 第61-62页 |
| ·Certain Literary Ground---Similar Life Experience and Fates | 第62-66页 |
| ·Cultural Impact | 第66-69页 |
| ·A novel of Female—violation of traditional men-domain view | 第66-67页 |
| ·A Real Tragedy | 第67-69页 |
| Chapter Ⅵ Conclusion | 第69-71页 |
| Bibliography | 第71-74页 |
