| Acknowledgement | 第1-8页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第8-9页 |
| Abstract | 第9-11页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第11-15页 |
| ·Reasons of Choosing Adaptation Theory | 第11页 |
| ·The Significance of Present Paper | 第11-12页 |
| ·Data Collection and Research Method | 第12-13页 |
| ·Structures of the Thesis | 第13-15页 |
| Chapter 2 Literature Review of Tao Te Ching Translation and AT in Translati | 第15-24页 |
| ·Tao Te Ching Translation Abroad | 第15-17页 |
| ·Tao Te Ching Translation at Home | 第17-21页 |
| ·Literature Review of AT in Translation | 第21-24页 |
| Chapter 3 Theoretical Framework: Verschueren’s Adaptation Theory | 第24-31页 |
| ·Theoretical Origins and Principles of AT | 第24页 |
| ·Crucial Concepts of AT | 第24-27页 |
| ·Choice-making | 第25页 |
| ·Three Key Properties of Language | 第25-27页 |
| ·Four Angles of Investigation | 第27-31页 |
| ·Contextual Correlates of Adaptability | 第27-29页 |
| ·Structural Objects of Adaptability | 第29页 |
| ·Dynamics of Adaptability | 第29-30页 |
| ·Salience of Adaptability | 第30-31页 |
| Chapter 4 Analyzing Three Versions of Tao Te Ching Translation under AT | 第31-67页 |
| ·Contextual Correlates of Adaptability in Tao Te Ching Translation | 第31-43页 |
| ·Communicative Contextual Correlates of Adaptability | 第31-37页 |
| ·Mental World of Language Users | 第32-33页 |
| ·Social World of Language Users | 第33-36页 |
| ·Physical World of Language Users | 第36-37页 |
| ·Linguistic Contextual Correlates of Adaptability | 第37-43页 |
| ·Cohesion | 第38-40页 |
| ·Intertextuality | 第40-41页 |
| ·Sequencing | 第41-43页 |
| ·Structural Objects of Adaptability in Tao Te Ching Translation | 第43-58页 |
| ·Style Adaptability | 第43-52页 |
| ·Rhyme | 第43-45页 |
| ·Parallelism | 第45-47页 |
| ·Antithesis | 第47-49页 |
| ·Simile | 第49-50页 |
| ·Repetition | 第50-52页 |
| ·Language-building Ingredients Adaptability | 第52-58页 |
| ·Words | 第52-55页 |
| ·Text | 第55-58页 |
| ·Dynamics of Adaptability in Tao Te Ching Translation | 第58-64页 |
| ·Dynamics in Terms of Temporal Dimension | 第58-60页 |
| ·Dynamics in Terms of Contextual and Structural Dimension | 第60-62页 |
| ·Dynamics in Terms of Meaning Generation | 第62-64页 |
| ·Salience in Adaptation in Tao Te Ching Translation | 第64-67页 |
| ·Mind in Society | 第64-65页 |
| ·Degrees of Salience | 第65-67页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第67-69页 |
| Notes | 第69-70页 |
| Bibliography | 第70-72页 |
| Publications During the Postgraduate Program | 第72页 |
