# Yielding · Tao Te Ching — chapters, pinyin & notes

> chapters, pinyin & notes (iPhone/iPad app by 亭 邓.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/yielding-tao-te-ching/id6814816702 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [亭 邓](https://appshunter.io/developer/1570848574)
- Category: Education
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.6 · 6 MB
- Languages: American English, Chinese (Simplified, China)
- Released: 2026-10-13
- Data updated: 2026-10-16

## What is Yielding · Tao Te Ching?

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

If you find something to correct, write to devdeng@163.com

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## Version history (last 1 release)

### 1.0.0 — 2026-10-13

No release notes.

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