# Yuan Songs: 300 Classics — Original, translation & audio

> Original, translation & audio (iPhone/iPad app by zhenyu song.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/yuan-songs-300-classics/id6761029570 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [zhenyu song](https://appshunter.io/developer/1721282851)
- Category: Education, Utilities
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 13.0 · 198 MB
- Languages: American English, French (France), Japanese, Korean, Chinese (Simplified, China), European Spanish, Thai, Chinese (Traditional, Taiwan), Vietnamese
- Released: 2026-03-29
- Data updated: 2026-10-05

## What is Yuan Songs?

Three Hundred Yuan Songs is the standard reader for sanqu, the song-poetry of the Yuan dynasty. Ren Zhongmin published the first selection in Shanghai in 1930; Lu Qian revised it in 1945, and that edition has been the way into Yuan song ever since. It holds three hundred pieces by seventy-eight writers, arranged by period, with the anonymous songs last.

Yuan song stands with Tang poetry and Song ci as one of the three summits of classical Chinese verse. The term covers both drama and song; what is collected here is song — plain and vivid in language, direct in feeling, holding the refined musings of scholars alongside the joys and sorrows of ordinary townsfolk.

This app follows that selection, checks every text against Sui Shusen's complete Yuan sanqu, and groups the pieces by form: 125 early short songs, 131 later ones, 14 linked songs and 30 suites. Guan Hanqing, Ma Zhiyuan, Bai Pu, Zhang Yanghao, Zhang Kejiu, Qiao Ji and Guan Yunshi are all here.

"Withered vines, old trees, crows at dusk; a small bridge, running water, houses."
"They rise — the people suffer. They fall — the people suffer."

Features
• 300 pieces, read aloud line by line, with timer and lock-screen controls
• Original text beside a plain-language translation, line for line
• Word notes, historical background, author biographies
• Highlights and notes, grouped by volume, kept in one place
• Nine languages, fully offline

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Remove Ads | $1.99 | one-time |


## Is Yuan Songs safe?

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## Is Yuan Songs legit?

Yuan Songs: 300 Classics appears legitimate, with a few gaps. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Yuan Songs is 70 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 2.0.0 — 2026-09-18

2.0.0 is a rebuild of the whole book.

· Text re-collated. All 300 pieces checked against Ren Zhongmin and Lu Qian's original selection, re-transcribed from the Complete Yuan Sanqu. Missing pieces restored, duplicates removed.
· Translations and commentary rewritten, paragraph for paragraph against the original, with a note on each piece explaining why it lasted.
· Narration re-recorded: 3,470 clips, cut to the corrected text, so nothing falls out of step.
· Poet biographies and word glosses now in all nine languages — no more walls of Chinese for other readers.
· New Discover tab: a piece each day, browse by poet, pick up where you left off.

Plus assorted typography and playback fixes.

### 1.0.7 — 2026-06-21

Refreshed App Store visuals and minor reading-experience improvements.

### 1.0.6 — 2026-06-18

Added a banner ad, plus multilingual and stability improvements.

### 1.0.5 — 2026-06-16

A fresh visual redesign — a refined classical-reading interface across home, reading, settings and more, with ink-wash headers and serif typography, plus stability improvements.

### 1.0.4 — 2026-06-13

New: Remove Ads (Pro) — a one-time purchase removes all ads forever. Plus stability and experience improvements.

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