| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract in English | 第7-9页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第9-13页 |
| Chapter 2 Historical Review of Metaphor Studies | 第13-16页 |
| ·Aristotle : Theory of Comparison | 第13-14页 |
| ·Quintilian : Theory of Substitution | 第14页 |
| ·I.A.Richards : Interaction Theory | 第14-16页 |
| Chapter 3 Conceptual Metaphor Theory (CMT) | 第16-26页 |
| ·Introduction of CMT | 第16-17页 |
| ·Experientialism: the Philosophical Basis of Cognitive Linguistics | 第17-19页 |
| ·Mapping : Working Mechanism of Metaphor | 第19-23页 |
| ·Introduction | 第19-20页 |
| ·Three Important Elements of Mapping | 第20-21页 |
| ·Some Characteristics of Metaphorical Mappings Across Conceptual Domains | 第21-23页 |
| ·Cognitive Psychological Theory on Sensation | 第23-26页 |
| ·The Formation of Five Senses - from the Perspective of Cognitive Psychological Theory | 第23-24页 |
| ·Sense and Perception: Similarities and Differences | 第24-26页 |
| Chapter 4 Sensory Metaphors in Hong Lou Meng | 第26-54页 |
| ·The Greatness of Hong Lou Meng | 第26-27页 |
| ·Mapping from Sensory Domain to Non-sensory Domain | 第27-47页 |
| ·Mapping from Concrete to Abstract | 第27-44页 |
| ·Container Metaphors | 第44-46页 |
| ·Mapping from Concrete to Concrete | 第46-47页 |
| ·Mapping from Sensory Domain to Time Domain | 第47页 |
| ·Mapping between Sensory Domains : Synesthesia | 第47-51页 |
| ·Similarities and Differences of Sensory Metaphors in Chinese and English | 第51-54页 |
| Chapter 5 Implication to Translation | 第54-57页 |
| ·Translation is a Process of Cognition | 第54页 |
| ·The Translation of Sensory Metaphors in Hong Lou Meng | 第54-57页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion | 第57-58页 |
| Biblioghaphy | 第58-61页 |
| Publications during the Postgraduate Program | 第61-62页 |
