OrientSmile: Chinese Classics

OrientSmile: Chinese Classics is the companion reading app of OrientSmile (orientsmile.com). It gathers 38 timeless Chinese classics in eight categories into a single library. Every book comes with the original text, a vernacular Chinese rendering and nine foreign-language translations (English, Japanese, Korean, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Vietnamese, Russian), eleven reading languages in all. EIGHT CATEGORIES · 38 CLASSICS · Four Great Classical Novels: Water Margin, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Journey to the West, Dream of the Red Chamber · Tales of the Strange: Classic of Mountains and Seas, Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, A New Account of Tales of the World, Investiture of the Gods, The Scholars · Poetry and Prose: Three Hundred Tang Poems, Three Hundred Song Lyrics, Guwen Guanzhi, Songs of Chu · Four Books and Five Classics: Great Learning, Doctrine of the Mean, Analects, Mencius, Book of Songs, Book of Documents, Book of Rites, I Ching, Spring and Autumn Annals · Masters of Thought: Tao Te Ching, Zhuangzi, The Art of War, Mozi, Han Feizi, Xunzi · Great Histories: Records of the Grand Historian, Zizhi Tongjian · Classics of Chinese Medicine: Huangdi Neijing, Nanjing, Treatise on Cold Damage, Shennong Herbal · Classical Drama: The Peony Pavilion, The Romance of the Western Chamber, The Peach Blossom Fan, The Palace of Eternal Life ON-DEMAND DOWNLOAD · No ads. · Books are downloaded on demand: only the book you open is downloaded, so no space is wasted. A network connection is needed the first time you open a book. FEATURES · Eleven languages: the original in Traditional and Simplified Chinese plus nine translations. · Original and vernacular side by side: tap the translate button while reading. · Book-like reading: five paper tones, Song and Kai typefaces, adjustable text size and line spacing. · Read aloud with the built-in iOS voices; speed and voice are adjustable. · Study tools: full-text search, chapter bookmarks, and notes and highlights that export to Markdown. · iCloud sync of bookmarks and notes between your iPhone and iPad. · Made for iPhone and iPad.