| 摘要 | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-10页 |
| Introduction | 第10-14页 |
| 1. Research Purpose | 第10页 |
| 2. Significance of the Thesis | 第10-11页 |
| 3. Methodology of the Thesis | 第11-12页 |
| 4. General Structures | 第12-14页 |
| Chapter one Literature Review | 第14-19页 |
| ·Tao Te Ching and Lao Tzu | 第14-15页 |
| ·A brief introduction to the translation of Tao Te Ching | 第15-16页 |
| ·The existing studies on the translation of Tao Te Ching | 第16-19页 |
| Chapter two A Contrastive Study of the Three Translated Versions of Tao Te Ching in the Light of Gadamer’s “Historicity of Understanding” | 第19-35页 |
| ·“Historicity of understanding” | 第21-22页 |
| ·“Historicity of understanding”concerning the three translators | 第22-32页 |
| ·James Legge | 第22-28页 |
| ·Arthur Waley | 第28-30页 |
| ·Lin Yutang | 第30-32页 |
| ·Justification of the reasonability of the varied interpretations of Tao Te Ching | 第32-35页 |
| Chapter three A Contrastive Study of the Three Translated Versions of Tao Te Ching in the Light of Gadamer’s “Fusion of Horizons” | 第35-50页 |
| ·“Fusion of horizons” | 第35-36页 |
| ·Varied “horizons”of the three translators | 第36-47页 |
| ·James Legge | 第36-40页 |
| ·Arthur Waley | 第40-43页 |
| ·Lin Yutang | 第43-47页 |
| ·Justification of the coexistence of the three different translated versions of Tao Te Ching | 第47-50页 |
| Chapter four A Contrastive Study of the Three Translated Versions of Tao Te Ching in the Light of Gadamer’s “The Principle of History of Effect” | 第50-59页 |
| ·“The principle of history of effect” | 第50页 |
| ·Its inspiration to the translation of Tao Te Ching | 第50-56页 |
| ·Comparison among the translations of the three translators on the level of “transference of meaning” | 第51-53页 |
| ·Comparison among the translations of the three translators on the level of “transference of the culture” | 第53-54页 |
| ·Comparison among the translations of the three translators on the level of “transference of style” | 第54-56页 |
| ·Justification of the necessity of the retranslation of Tao Te Ching | 第56-57页 |
| ·Conclusion | 第57-59页 |
| Conclusion | 第59-60页 |
| References | 第60-63页 |
| APPENDIX: 作者攻读硕士学位期间发表论文及科研情况 | 第63-64页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第64页 |
