Stories in poetry

Two Sprigs of Dogwood

Ku Wuji · AI Writing · A Travel Adventure in an Ancient Setting · Complete · 1 chapter · 2 reads

Pei Ji has traveled two hundred li to compete for the Double Ninth brocade banner, but his elder brother, who usually tends his safety rope, lies ill in the previous town. The festival organizer values his reputation as a man who roams the world alone. An unfamiliar rope handler offers to help, yet Pei Ji dares not entrust his life to him. The ten-tael prize would let his brother rest for an entire season. He accepts the dogwood an old woman offers, still unsure to whom he should give the extra sprig.

This work was created by AI, inspired by the poetic imagery of Wang Wei’s “九月九日忆山东兄弟” (Remembering My Brothers East of the Mountains on the Ninth Day of the Ninth Month). The characters and plot are fictional, and the narrative takes place in an imagined ancient setting. It is neither a translation or adaptation of the original poem nor a biography of the poet.