本书从系统功能语言学框架下的话语基调视角出发，构建翻译话语基调分析模式，并据此模式从语气、情态和评价资源三个方面对《孟子》原文及两个英译本进行比较，探究两个译本在人际意义传递方面的不同特点，从历史、文化和社会等因素揭示两个译本存在差异的原因。本书视角新颖、内容丰富，对翻译研究、翻译实践及典籍外译具有一定的参考价值。

1 Introduction
1.1 Background of the study
1.2 Purpose of the study and research questions
1.3 Methodology of the study
1.4 Data collection
1.5 Significance of the study
1.6 Organization of the study
2 Literature Review
2.1 Introduction
2.2 and its translation studies
2.3 Previous studies of tenor
2.4 Summary
3 Theoretical Framework
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Tenor revisited
3.3 Tenor in translation
3.4 Analytical model of tenor for translation
3.5 Summary
4 Realization of Tenor: the Mood System in Translations of Mengzi
4.1 Introduction
4.2 The mood system in Mengzi
4.3 The mood system in Legge's version
4.4 The mood system in Hinton's version
4.5 Comparison of the two versions in terms of mood
4.6 Summary
5 Realization of Tenor: the Modality System in Translations of Mengzi
5.1 Introduction
5.2 The modality system in Mengzi
5.3 The modality system in Legge's version
5.4 The modality system in Hinton's version
5.5 Comparison of the two versions in terms of modality
5.6 Summary
6 Realization of Tenor: Other Evaluative Resources in Translations of Mengzi
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Evaluative resources in Mengzi
6.3 Evaluative resources in Legge's version
6.4 Evaluative resources in Hinton's version
6.5 Comparison of the two versions in terms of evaluative resources
6.6 Summary
7 Discussion: Tenor in the Two Translations
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Features of the two translations in the realization of tenor
7.3 Motivations for the differences between the two versions
7.4 Implications for translation studies and practice
7.5 Summary
8 Conclusion
8.1 Major findings
8.2 Limitations
8.3 Suggestions for further studies
References
Appendix