| Acknowledgements | 第1-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8-10页 |
| 内容摘要 | 第10-12页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第12-15页 |
| ·Objectives and significance | 第12-13页 |
| ·Data collection and research methodology | 第13页 |
| ·Research questions | 第13-14页 |
| ·Organization | 第14-15页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第15-28页 |
| ·Previous study of Li Bai's poetry | 第15-19页 |
| ·The significance of Li Bai's farewell poems | 第15-18页 |
| ·Traditional study of Li Bai's farewell poems | 第18页 |
| ·Cognitive study of Li Bai's farewell poems | 第18-19页 |
| ·Research on metaphor abroad | 第19-25页 |
| ·Classical views of metaphor | 第19-21页 |
| ·Cognitive views of metaphor | 第21-25页 |
| ·Research on metaphor in China | 第25-28页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Foundation | 第28-39页 |
| ·Key terms of conceptual metaphor | 第28-29页 |
| ·Features of conceptual metaphor | 第29-32页 |
| ·Classification of conceptual metaphor | 第32-36页 |
| ·The working mechanism of conceptual metaphor | 第36-39页 |
| Chapter Four Cognitive Analysis of Metaphors in Li Bai's Farewell Poems | 第39-64页 |
| ·Ontological metaphors in Li Bai's farewell poems | 第39-55页 |
| ·Entity and substance metaphors in Li Bai's farewell poems | 第39-47页 |
| A. THE OFFICIAL POSITION IS A BINDING THING | 第39-41页 |
| B. AFFECTION IS SUBSTANCE | 第41-42页 |
| C. SENTIMENT IS WINE | 第42-44页 |
| D. AFFECTION IS WINE | 第44-45页 |
| E. AFFECTION IS WATER | 第45-47页 |
| ·Personifications in Li Bai's farewell poems | 第47-53页 |
| A. THE MOON IS HUMAN | 第47-50页 |
| B. WATER IS HUMAN | 第50-51页 |
| C. WIND IS HUMAN | 第51-52页 |
| D. CLOUD IS HUMAN | 第52-53页 |
| ·The container metaphors in Li Bai's farewell poems | 第53-55页 |
| A. THE POLITICAL CAREER IS A CONTAINER | 第53-54页 |
| B. THE PLAIN IS A CONTAINER | 第54页 |
| C. THE RIVER IS A CONTAINER | 第54-55页 |
| ·Structural metaphors in Li Bai's farewell poems | 第55-62页 |
| ·HUMAN IS PLANT | 第55-57页 |
| ·THE POLITICAL AMBITIONS ARE BIRDS | 第57-59页 |
| ·RETIRE IS CLOUD | 第59-61页 |
| ·VICIOUSNESS IS CLOUD | 第61-62页 |
| ·Orientational metaphor in Li Bai's farewell poems | 第62-64页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第64-67页 |
| ·Major findings | 第64-65页 |
| ·Implications | 第65页 |
| ·Limitations | 第65-66页 |
| ·Prospects | 第66-67页 |
| References | 第67-71页 |
| Appendix | 第71-77页 |
