| ABSTRACT | 第1-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-8页 |
| CONTENTS | 第8-10页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第10-12页 |
| Chapter 2 The Translation of Tao Te Ching | 第12-21页 |
| ·The Story of Tao Te Ching and its Author | 第12-14页 |
| ·The Translation Practice of Tao Te Ching | 第14-17页 |
| ·The Period of Christianization (1788-1905) | 第14-15页 |
| ·The Period of Western Adaptation (1915-1973) | 第15-16页 |
| ·The Period of Plural Interpretations (1973- ) | 第16-17页 |
| ·Cultural-Specific Features of Tao Te Ching | 第17-21页 |
| ·Conciseness of Language and Richness of Aphorism | 第18页 |
| ·Complexity of Sentence Structure | 第18-19页 |
| ·Interchangeability of Vocabulary | 第19-20页 |
| ·Distinctiveness of Culture-Loaded Terms | 第20页 |
| ·Chinese Ideological Philosophy and Outlook on Life | 第20-21页 |
| Chapter 3 The Significance of Cultural Turn in Translation Studies | 第21-26页 |
| ·Traditional Approaches to Translation Studies | 第21-23页 |
| ·The Literary Approach | 第21-22页 |
| ·The Linguistic Approach | 第22-23页 |
| ·Cultural Turn in Translation Studies | 第23-24页 |
| ·New Functional Role of the Translators-----Cultural Mediators | 第24-26页 |
| Chapter 4 A Cultural-Perspective Comparison of Three Versions of Tao Te Ching | 第26-50页 |
| ·The Three Versions | 第26-29页 |
| ·"Fusion of Horizons" in the Translation of Tao Te Ching | 第29-34页 |
| ·The Major Components of Translator's Cultural Background and Their Influences on the Translation of Tao Te Ching | 第34-50页 |
| ·Modes of Thinking | 第35-38页 |
| ·Aesthetic Criteria | 第38-42页 |
| ·Ethical Values | 第42-45页 |
| ·Cultural Attitudes | 第45-47页 |
| ·Religious Belief | 第47-50页 |
| Chapter 5 Reconsideration of Strategy for the Translation of Tao Te Ching | 第50-61页 |
| ·The Existing Culture-Oriented Strategy for the Translation of Tao Te Ching | 第50-57页 |
| ·Foreignization and Domestication | 第50-54页 |
| ·Annotation | 第54-57页 |
| ·The Necessity of Expressing the Diachronical Changes of Language and Culture in the Translation of Tao Te Ching | 第57-59页 |
| ·A Tentative Proposal for the Translation of Tao Te Ching | 第59-61页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第61-63页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第63-66页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第66-67页 |
| PUBLICATIONS | 第67页 |
