Golden House: Chinese Classics

Golden House (书中自有黄金屋) is a large-print reader of Chinese classics, designed for older readers. Tap to read, tap to listen. No account, no internet needed. Set it up once for your parents and it just works. A GIFT FOR MOM AND DAD Install it on their phone, pick the biggest font, and they can read every day on their own. A red seal stamps each day they read. 25 CLASSICS, ALL FREE Confucian: Analects, Mencius, Great Learning, Doctrine of the Mean, Classic of Filial Piety Taoist: Tao Te Ching, Zhuangzi (Inner Chapters), Qingjing Jing Buddhist: Heart Sutra, Diamond Sutra, Amitabha Sutra, Universal Gate Chapter, Ksitigarbha Sutra, Platform Sutra Primers: Three Character Classic, Hundred Family Surnames, Thousand Character Classic, Standards for Students, Zhu Xi Family Maxims, Enlarged Writings of Worthies Poetry: Three Hundred Tang Poems, Shenglü Qimeng Wisdom: Caigentan, Liaofan's Four Lessons, Do Not Be Angry 615 chapters, 230,000+ characters, faithful to the standard editions. LANGUAGE NOTE Texts are in Simplified Chinese. The interface (titles, menus) can be switched between Simplified and Traditional Chinese. BUILT FOR OLDER EYES Three extra-large font sizes (up to 42pt by default), warm rice-paper background, and a dark ink theme for night reading. Only three screens: shelf, contents, text. A big Back button on every page. Remembers where you stopped and resumes with one tap. READ ALOUD One tap reads the chapter aloud, paragraph by paragraph, highlighting as it goes. Rest your eyes and listen. DAILY VERSE AND 24 SOLAR TERMS A gentle daily reminder with one line of classic wisdom, plus a greeting on each solar term. INK-WASH QUOTE CARDS Turn any passage into an elegant vertical ink-wash card and share it to WeChat, LINE, or the family group chat. Fully offline. No personal data collected. A few ads keep everything free, and there are no ads on the reading screen. If you find it useful, please share it with an elder who would enjoy it.