| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-7页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第7-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-15页 |
| ·Research Background | 第11-12页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第12页 |
| ·Research Methodology and Data Collection | 第12-13页 |
| ·Research Significance | 第13-14页 |
| ·Theoretical Framework | 第14-15页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第15-27页 |
| ·A Review of the Study on Metaphor | 第15-21页 |
| ·The Study on Metaphor in the West | 第15-19页 |
| ·The Study on Metaphor in China | 第19-21页 |
| ·A Review of the Study on the Translation of Metaphors | 第21-24页 |
| ·The Study on the Translation of Metaphors in the West | 第21-22页 |
| ·The Study on the Translation of Metaphors in China | 第22-24页 |
| ·A Review of the Study on Xu Yuanzhong's Translation Works | 第24-27页 |
| Chapter Three The Translation of Ontological Metaphors in 300 Tang Poems | 第27-51页 |
| ·Categorization of Ontological Metaphors in 300 Tang Poems | 第27-33页 |
| ·Metaphors of"Comparing Something Intangible to a Person or an Object" | 第28-30页 |
| ·Metaphors of"Comparing Nature to a Person" | 第30-31页 |
| ·Metaphors of"Comparing an Animal or an Object to a Person" | 第31-33页 |
| ·Strategies of Translating Ontological Metaphors in 300 Tang Poems | 第33-39页 |
| ·Reproduction of Conceptual Metaphor | 第34-36页 |
| ·Substitution of Conceptual Metaphor | 第36-37页 |
| ·Omission of Conceptual Metaphor | 第37-39页 |
| ·Preference in Strategies of Translating Different Ontological Metaphors | 第39-48页 |
| ·Translating Metaphors of"Comparing Something Intangible to a Person or an Object" | 第40-42页 |
| ·Translating Metaphors of"Comparing Nature to a Person" | 第42-45页 |
| ·Translating Metaphors of"Comparing an Animal or an Object to a Person" | 第45-48页 |
| ·Summary | 第48-51页 |
| Chapter Four Beyond the Reproduction Strategy in Translating Ontological Metaphors | 第51-59页 |
| ·Substitution as a Complementary Strategy | 第51-55页 |
| ·The Cognition of Ontological Metaphor | 第52-54页 |
| ·The Reverse of Ontological Metaphor | 第54-55页 |
| ·Omission as a Complementary Strategy | 第55-57页 |
| ·Summary | 第57-59页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第59-61页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第59-60页 |
| ·Limitations of the Present Research and Suggestions for Future Studies | 第60-61页 |
| REFERENCES | 第61-63页 |
