Yielding · Tao Te Ching
chapters, pinyin & notes
Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Three pinyin levels: none, rare only, or every character. Five classical commentaries, plus Mawangdui and Guodian variant readings. Offline. No ads, no account.
Yielding is an offline reader for the Dao De Jing — all 81 chapters, read slowly.
The Chinese text follows the Wang Bi received edition. Each chapter is unfolded in layers: the original text with pinyin annotation, a modern Chinese paraphrase, a summary of the chapter's argument, line-by-line glosses, five classical commentaries, and variant readings from the Mawangdui silk manuscript and the Guodian bamboo slips.
Note: this app presents the Dao De Jing in Chinese. Interface text is available in English, Japanese, Simplified and Traditional Chinese; the source text itself, the annotations and the commentaries are Chinese.
WHAT'S INSIDE
· All 81 chapters of the Wang Bi received text, broken at punctuation
· A modern Chinese paraphrase for every chapter
· 590 line-by-line glosses — tap a phrase to highlight it in the source text
· Five classical commentaries, read side by side: Wang Bi, Heshang Gong, Su Zhe, Wang Fuzhi, Hanshan Deqing
· Variant readings: the Mawangdui silk text and the Guodian bamboo slips, placed next to the received text
· Nine thematic indexes: the source of the Way, governing by non-action, the soft overcoming the hard…
· 75 idioms and famous lines, each checked against the chapter it actually comes from
READING AND MEMORISING
· A chapter a day, chosen by date — or open a random one
· Three levels of pinyin: off, rare and polyphonic characters only, or every character
· Fill-in-the-blank drill: about 40% of the text is blanked; tap a gap to reveal it
· Recitation mode: the whole chapter is blurred, revealed line by line
· Read aloud with the system voice, at an adjustable speed
· Full-text search across the source, the paraphrase and the glosses; type a number to jump straight to a chapter
PROGRESS
· Mark a chapter as read, memorised or saved
· Day streak and total study days
· Progress is stored on your device only — deleting the app clears it
READING EXPERIENCE
· Three reading themes: Paper, Night, Bamboo
· Four text sizes, and it follows the system dark mode
· Adapts to iPhone and iPad, portrait and landscape
· Interface in English, Japanese, Simplified and Traditional Chinese
ABOUT
· Fully offline. No ads, no in-app purchases, no sign-up
· Collects no personal data and sends nothing off your device
· The source text and the classical commentaries are public domain; the Mawangdui and Guodian readings are excavated texts
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Information
- Seller
- 亭 邓
- Size
- 5.9 MB
- Category
- Education
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.6 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.6 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 17.6 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.6 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.3 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English and Simplified Chinese
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © dengting