| Acknowledgements | 第6-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8页 |
| Translation Notes | 第9-10页 |
| Abbreviations | 第10-12页 |
| Introduction | 第12-21页 |
| Chapter One Resonating with Chinese Poetic Imagery | 第21-31页 |
| 1.1 The “Formal Likeness” of Images | 第22-24页 |
| 1.2 The Reticent Emotions Hidden in Images | 第24-27页 |
| 1.3 The Mental Order Established through Images | 第27-31页 |
| Chapter Two Resorting to Chinese Poetic Metaphor | 第31-39页 |
| 2.1 Dilemma between Reality and Imagination: A Paradoxical View on“Metaphor” | 第31-35页 |
| 2.2 Ultimate Balance: An Ideal Form of “Metaphor” in Chinese Traditional Poetry | 第35-39页 |
| Chapter Three Echoing with “Tao” of Chinese Poetics | 第39-46页 |
| 3.1 The Origin of Poetry: “Tao” versus “Supreme Fiction” | 第39-42页 |
| 3.2 The Inner State of Poet: “Absent Mind” versus “Ignorant Eye” | 第42-46页 |
| Conclusion | 第46-48页 |
| Bibliography | 第48-53页 |
