iSiShu Downloads & RevenueiSiShu - Four Books Classics · App Store

iSiShu is a study environment for the Great Learning, the Doctrine of the Mean, the Analects, and Mencius. It is not a wrapped e-book. About 1257 passages and about 113 famous lines live on your device. No account. No ads. No tracking. No page-turn paywall. Understand a line, say it aloud, keep a daily habit. Three-layer close reading, recitation, Close Reading drills, Daily Saying, handwriting search, widgets, Lock Screen, Siri, Shortcuts, and deep links put the Four Books on the commute, before sleep, and beside class.

Love the Classics, Live the Wisdom.

1. Library
Browse by book, Analects books, Mencius parts, and authors Zengzi, Zisi, Confucius, and Mencius. About 16, 39, 512, and 690 units across the four works. Classical source. Original modern Chinese study notes, not a scholarly edition. English mainly from James Legge public-domain translations. Missing English is labeled and stepped down. Airplane mode works. An optional tip does not lock content.

2. Close reading
Bilingual, Chinese only, or English only. Pinyin, Traditional glyphs, vertical layout, section paging, and a remembered line. Jump to a matching sentence from a famous line or link. Kai, Song, Hei, or system serif. Immersive mode. Quote cards with styles, notes, English, Photos, and share. Close Reading, glosses, and recitation check sit on the detail page. Display and speech are separate: read bilingual text while hearing only the source. Legge numbers split onto lines when counts align. Messy blocks and empty vernacular copies stay hidden.

3. Recitation
Queue passages. Play source, vernacular, or English. Adjust speed. Background audio, silent-mode play, Lock Screen Now Playing, Live Activity. iPad landscape can use a right rail. Collections and lists start continuous recitation. Previous and next in the queue.

4. Study
Fade recitation, fill-in, self-check, quiz, and mastery. Word Hunt finds a line from a keyword. Recitation Check uses the mic and system speech recognition on supported systems. On-device glosses fall back to built-in notes. A few lines a day.

5. Handwriting search
On iPhone and iPad, draw a character. Recognition stays on device. Auto-search after a pause. Apple Pencil on iPad. Mac is for reading and recitation.

6. Daily Saying
A contextual daily line, optional seasonal mix, refresh, local notification, Continue Reading. Streaks count days and progress in each book.

7. Organize
List, grid, or cards. Filter by book, part, author, length, study status, favorites, or notes. Multiple reading lists. Multi-select to recite or batch-study. Notes export as text or Markdown. Optional iCloud sync. Local default. Tabs can hide.

8. Jump in
Full-text search. Deep links can land on one sentence. Spotlight off by default. Widgets for Daily Saying, famous lines, progress, and favorites. Control Center, Siri, and Shortcuts open today, recitation, study, search, handwriting, and more.

9. iPad, Mac, polish
Study, gloss, assessment, quote cards, and immersive reading