| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-8页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第8-12页 |
| ·Introduction | 第8-9页 |
| ·Research questions | 第9-10页 |
| ·Approach and organization | 第10-12页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第12-24页 |
| ·Thoreau studies in the United States | 第12-14页 |
| ·Thoreau studies in China | 第14-15页 |
| ·Overview of Thoreau's thought: Individualism | 第15-18页 |
| ·Overview of the thoughts of Confucius/Mencius | 第18-20页 |
| ·Major Affinities and Differences between Thoreau and Confucius/Mencius | 第20-24页 |
| Chapter Three Thoreau's Individualism in his Fitting Application of Confucius/MenciusRemarks: textual analysis 1 | 第24-33页 |
| ·"Renew thyself completely each day; do it again,and again, and forever again..." | 第24-26页 |
| ·"You who govern public affairs..." | 第26-28页 |
| ·"How vast and profound is the influence..." | 第28-30页 |
| ·Summary and Revelation of Thoreau's Individualism | 第30-33页 |
| Chapter Four Thoreau's Individualism in his Interpretive Application ofConfucius/Mencius Remarks: textual analysis 2 | 第33-46页 |
| ·"Confucius says truly, 'Virtue does not remain as an abandoned orphan..." | 第33-34页 |
| ·"The philosopher said: 'From an army of three divisions..." | 第34-37页 |
| ·"Confucius said: 'If a state is governed by the principles..." | 第37-39页 |
| ·"Confucius said, 'to know that we know what we know…" | 第39-41页 |
| ·"'That in which men differ from brute beasts,'..." | 第41-43页 |
| ·Summary and Revelation of Thoreau's Individualism | 第43-46页 |
| Chapter Five Thoreau's Individualism in his Faulty Application of Confucius/MenciusRemarks: textual analysis 3 | 第46-57页 |
| ·"'The soul not being mistress of herself,'... " | 第46-48页 |
| ·"Kieou-he-yu sent a man..." | 第48-50页 |
| ·"A return to goodness..." | 第50-52页 |
| ·"The skins of the tiger..." | 第52-54页 |
| ·Summary and Revelation of Thoreau's Individualism | 第54-57页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第57-58页 |
| Works Cited | 第58-62页 |
| Appendix: Confucius/Mencius Quotations in Walden and Civil Disobedience | 第62-65页 |
