| Acknowledgements | 第5-6页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第6-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8-9页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第12-17页 |
| 1.1 Kuo Pao Kun and Descendants of the Eunuch Admiral | 第12页 |
| 1.2 Literature Review | 第12-13页 |
| 1.3 Related Theories | 第13-15页 |
| 1.4 Thesis Statement and Structure | 第15-17页 |
| Chapter 2 The Image of Self | 第17-22页 |
| 2.1 The Fear of Self for Castration | 第17-19页 |
| 2.2 The Otherness of Self | 第19-22页 |
| Chapter 3 The Image of Other | 第22-28页 |
| 3.1 Zheng He Narrated in External Discourses | 第22-26页 |
| 3.2 Zheng He's Own Voice in the Text | 第26-28页 |
| Chapter 4 Opposition to the Capitalized other | 第28-37页 |
| 4.1 The Repression of Prescriptive Orders | 第28-30页 |
| 4.2 The Break in Form | 第30-31页 |
| 4.3 The Break in Time | 第31-33页 |
| 4.4 The Break in Certainty | 第33-37页 |
| Chapter 5 Negotiation with the Capitalized other | 第37-48页 |
| 5.1 Heterotopias Created at Linguistic Level in the Text | 第38-42页 |
| 5.2 Heterotopias Created as Several Places in the Text | 第42-48页 |
| Chapter 6 The Hybridity of Self and Other | 第48-56页 |
| 6.1 Hybridities in Zheng He | 第48-50页 |
| 6.2 Forming the Narrator's New Cultural Identity | 第50-54页 |
| 6.3 The Significance of Such Hybridities | 第54-56页 |
| Chapter 7 Conclusion | 第56-57页 |
| Bibliography | 第57-59页 |
| Papers Published During the Study for M. A. Degree | 第59页 |
