| Abstract | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-9页 |
| 1 Introduction | 第9-11页 |
| ·The Significance of the Study | 第9-10页 |
| ·Organization of the Study | 第10页 |
| ·Research Methodology and Data Collection | 第10-11页 |
| 2 Literature Review | 第11-23页 |
| ·Previous Study of Face and Politeness Abroad | 第11-17页 |
| ·Leech’s Politeness Principles | 第11页 |
| ·Lakoff’s Politeness Maxims | 第11-12页 |
| ·Brown & Levinson’s Face Theory and Politeness Strategies | 第12-16页 |
| ·Scollon and Scollon’s Politeness Systems | 第16-17页 |
| ·Previous Study of Face and Politeness in China | 第17-20页 |
| ·Hu Hsien Chin’s Concept of Face | 第17页 |
| ·Xu Shenghuan’s New Idea of Politeness | 第17-18页 |
| ·Jia Wenshan and the History of Face | 第18页 |
| ·Yu Ming-chung’s Comparision of Face | 第18页 |
| ·Li Jun and Song Yanni’s Concept of Negative Face | 第18页 |
| ·Gu Yueguo’s Opinions on Chinese Politeness Phenomenon | 第18-20页 |
| ·Comparative Study of Eastern and Western Cultural Values | 第20-21页 |
| ·Features of Western Politeness | 第20页 |
| ·Features of Chinese Politeness | 第20-21页 |
| ·Nida’s Functional Equivalence | 第21-23页 |
| 3 Analysis of the Data and Discussion | 第23-45页 |
| ·Chief Characters in DRM and Their Relationships | 第23-25页 |
| ·The Power Difference and Social Distance between Wang Xifeng and Other Characters | 第25-26页 |
| ·An Analysis of Wang Xifeng’s Utterances | 第26-45页 |
| ·Utterances with Power Difference but No Distance | 第26-31页 |
| ·Utterances with Power Difference and Distance | 第31-37页 |
| ·Utterances with No Power Difference and No Distance | 第37-43页 |
| ·Utterances with No Power Difference but with Distance | 第43-45页 |
| 4 Conclusion | 第45-47页 |
| ·Summary of the findings | 第45-46页 |
| ·Limitations and Suggestions for Future Researches | 第46-47页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第47-48页 |
| Bibliography | 第48-51页 |
| Appendix | 第51-57页 |
| Publications | 第57页 |
