| 摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第7-9页 |
| Introduction | 第9-15页 |
| Chapter One The Image of China: Prelude to the Unsuccessful Mission | 第15-30页 |
| ·China in the Grand Narratives of the West in the Late 18th Century | 第15-18页 |
| ·The Image of China in Britain in Macartney’s Day | 第18-21页 |
| ·Macartney’s Audience with Qianlong: Clashes of Two World Views | 第21-30页 |
| Chapter Two Politics of Translation: Power Struggles between Two Empires | 第30-45页 |
| ·An Ideological Approach to King George III’s Letter to Emperor Qianlong | 第30-34页 |
| ·Rewriting of King George III’s Letter in the Translation Process | 第34-42页 |
| ·Translation and the Clashes of Ideologies | 第42-45页 |
| Chapter Three Clashes of National Interests between China and Britain | 第45-60页 |
| ·Questioning Fairbank’s “Impact-Response”Model | 第46-49页 |
| ·National Interests and Ideological Clashes of Two Empires | 第49-57页 |
| ·Tributary System and the National Interests of China | 第49-52页 |
| ·Westphalian System and the National Interests of Britain | 第52-54页 |
| ·The Embassy’s Purposes and the Chinese Response | 第54-57页 |
| ·Decoding the Myth of Chinese Arrogance | 第57-60页 |
| Conclusion | 第60-62页 |
| Notes | 第62-64页 |
| Work Cited | 第64-71页 |
