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title: "Four Books: Confucian Classics - Reviews, Revenue and Downloads in Canada | Apple App Store"
description: "The Four Books App is a book reader and scholarly utility which presents the traditional Confucian curriculum: the Great Learning, the Discourses of Confucius (the Analects), the Book of Mengzi (Menci"
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# Four Books: Confucian Classics — Canada
> An Intro to Confucian Thought

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**Developer:** [Daoxue Academy](https://apptail.io/developer/daoxue-academy-hMIoib)
**Category:** Books
**Rating:** 5.0/5 (1 ratings)
**Price:** Free
**Bundle ID:** academy.daoxue.fourbooks
**Store:** Apple App Store
**Country:** Canada
**Version:** 1.10 (released 2026-10-01)
**Original Release:** 2025-12-12
**Languages:** English

**App Store Link:** [Download on Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/app/id6747745289)
**AppTail Page:** [https://apptail.io/app/four-books-confucian-classics-BbOx/canada](https://apptail.io/app/four-books-confucian-classics-BbOx/canada)

## Four Books Description
The Four Books App is a book reader and scholarly utility which presents the traditional Confucian curriculum: the Great Learning, the Discourses of Confucius (the Analects), the Book of Mengzi (Mencius), and the Doctrine of the Mean. A six-year translation project in progress. New verses arrive in the app around the first of each month.

-- Ancient Teachings, Correct Transmission, Modern Tech --

Traditional Interpretation
• A public benefit project to translate Zhu Xi’s “Four Books with Collected Commentaries” 四書章句集注: the classic that defined orthodox Confucianism and served as the basis of the imperial examinations from 1313 to 1905.

Established Lexicon
• Builds upon the translation lexicon perfected by Wing-tsit Chan (A Source Book in Chinese Philosophy), with roots going back to James Legge (The Chinese Classics). Honoring lineage—with conservative refinements. Uses modern pinyin, of course.

Learn Classical Chinese
• Study Classical and Middle Chinese with literal glosses for grammar and per-character meaning. Highly configurable dual-language presentation parsable by sentence.

Reading Experience
• Meticulous attention to readability: translation, typography, and a full-screen reader for iPad. This Classic deserves to be both scholarly and good reading, just as the native text is.

Optimized Multi-platform
• iPhone features intuitive tab bar design for one-handed navigation, while iPad leverages a powerful sidebar for efficient browsing through verses. Designed for iOS 26. Also runs on Apple Silicon Macs.

Apple Native UI
• Pure Apple native tech throughout: SwiftUI, FTS5 search, and an embedded SQLite Confucian database for lightning-fast location of verses, key terms, named persons and named texts. 

-- Basic App & Scholar Pack In-app Purchase --

Basic App:
• Core Ancient Verses: 284 most influential
• Language: English translation only
• Search: Basic, English-only
• Encyclopedia: Ancient figures only

Scholar Pack:
• All Ancient Verses: 804 complete
• Traditional Commentary
• Language: English & Classical Chinese
• Tap Character for Literal Gloss
• Full-Verse Literal Gloss Sheets
• Sentence-Level Parsing Tool
• Search: English & Chinese
• Encyclopedia: Ancient and medieval figures
• Book 5: Explanation of Terms

• No ads, no account creation, no data collection
• Small offline app, low battery usage

Scholar Pack is a single in-app purchase that includes everything above. It has a final target price, but is currently priced lower based on the percentage completion of the translation. One-time purchase, with all future content delivered free.

-- Reach Out --

Please contact us at support@daoxue.academy, or using the in-app contact tools in settings, with questions or requests. We are committed to continual refinement and making this the optimal Confucian Classics app for both scholars and readers.

## Four Books Screenshots
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- [Screenshot 10](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource211/v4/15/8f/69/158f690d-74f9-dbf3-3de6-32e852619ad5/iphone_10_-_dark.png/1320x2868.png)

## Four Books Rating Breakdown in Canada
- 5 stars: 1 (100%)
- 4 stars: 0 (0%)
- 3 stars: 0 (0%)
- 2 stars: 0 (0%)
- 1 stars: 0 (0%)






## Four Books Available In
- [Spain](https://apptail.io/app/four-books-confucian-classics-BbOx/spain)
- [Canada](https://apptail.io/app/four-books-confucian-classics-BbOx/canada)
- [United Kingdom](https://apptail.io/app/four-books-confucian-classics-BbOx/united-kingdom)
- [Greece](https://apptail.io/app/four-books-confucian-classics-BbOx/greece)
- [Indonesia](https://apptail.io/app/four-books-confucian-classics-BbOx/indonesia)
- [India](https://apptail.io/app/four-books-confucian-classics-BbOx/india)
- [Italy](https://apptail.io/app/four-books-confucian-classics-BbOx/italy)
- [Ukraine](https://apptail.io/app/four-books-confucian-classics-BbOx/ukraine)
- [Australia](https://apptail.io/app/four-books-confucian-classics-BbOx/australia)
- [Vietnam](https://apptail.io/app/four-books-confucian-classics-BbOx/vietnam)
- [Chile](https://apptail.io/app/four-books-confucian-classics-BbOx/chile)

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