| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-9页 |
| Chapter Ⅰ Introduction | 第9-12页 |
| ·Background | 第9-11页 |
| ·Research questions | 第11页 |
| ·Structure of the thesis | 第11-12页 |
| Chapter Ⅱ Lakoff and Johnson's Conceptual Metaphor Theory | 第12-21页 |
| ·An overview of metaphor research | 第12-14页 |
| ·Classification of conceptual metaphor | 第14-16页 |
| ·Structural metaphor | 第14-15页 |
| ·Orientationl metaphor | 第15页 |
| ·Ontological metaphor | 第15-16页 |
| ·Nature of metaphor | 第16-18页 |
| ·Systematicity of conceptual metaphor | 第16-17页 |
| ·Cultural coherence of conceptual metaphor | 第17-18页 |
| ·Working mechanism of metaphor | 第18-19页 |
| ·Research on metaphor in our country and research situation of Chuang-Tzu | 第19-21页 |
| Chapter Ⅲ Ideology of Chuang Tzu and Metaphors in Chuang-Tzu | 第21-37页 |
| ·Ideology of Chuang Tzu | 第21-24页 |
| ·Ideal personality of Chuang Tzu | 第24-25页 |
| ·Metaphors in Chuang Tzu | 第25-33页 |
| ·+TAO IS WATER+ | 第25-26页 |
| ·+FREEDOM IS PENG+ | 第26-27页 |
| ·+LIFE IS A DREAM+ | 第27-28页 |
| ·+MAN IS A HORSE+ | 第28-29页 |
| ·+EQUALITY OF THINGS IS BUTTERFLY+ | 第29-30页 |
| ·+TE IS FREAK+ | 第30-32页 |
| ·+UTILITY OF FUTILITY IS A BIG TREE TRUNK+ | 第32-33页 |
| ·Metaphorical connotations in myth | 第33-35页 |
| ·Metaphorical connotations in Three Yan expression | 第35-37页 |
| Chapter Ⅳ Similarity of metaphors in Chuang-Tzu | 第37-45页 |
| ·Similarity of metaphor +TAO IS WATER+ | 第37-39页 |
| ·Similarity of metaphor +FREEDOM IS PENG+ | 第39-41页 |
| ·Similarity of metaphor +LIFE IS A DREAM+ | 第41页 |
| ·Similarity of metaphor +MAN IS A HORSE+ | 第41-42页 |
| ·Similarity of metaphor +EQUALITY OF THINGS IS BUTTERFLY+ | 第42-43页 |
| ·Similarity of metaphor +TE IS FREAK+ | 第43-44页 |
| ·Similarity of metaphor +UTILITY OF FUTILITY IS A BIG TREETRUNK+ | 第44-45页 |
| Chapter Ⅴ Influence on Chinese Thought and Culture | 第45-56页 |
| ·Impact from myth and Three Yan | 第45-50页 |
| ·New perspective to observe the world | 第45-48页 |
| ·Space for rich imagination and explanation | 第48-49页 |
| ·Great influence on word formation | 第49-50页 |
| ·Influence on later generation from Chuang Tzu's ideal personality | 第50-51页 |
| ·Spirit to criticize society | 第50页 |
| ·Equal freedom | 第50-51页 |
| ·Love for nature | 第51页 |
| ·Impact from metaphors in Chuang-Tzu | 第51-56页 |
| ·Impact from peng metaphor | 第51-52页 |
| ·Impact from dream metaphor | 第52-53页 |
| ·Impact from horse metaphor | 第53-54页 |
| ·Impact from butterfly metaphor | 第54页 |
| ·Impact from freak metaphor | 第54-56页 |
| Chapter Ⅵ Conclusion | 第56-58页 |
| Bibliography | 第58-60页 |
