Stories in poetry

Mountains and Rivers on Two Panels

Ku Wuji · AI Writing · Strange Tales in a Historical Setting · Complete · 1 chapter · 0 reads

After fleeing disaster, Lu Wei scrapes a living painting fans. At a secondhand stall, he finds two screens depicting the old capital, still holding the fragrant spring and clear autumn of his memory. Wine spills onto the spring scene, a bronze bell suddenly rings, and a performer on the paper beckons to him. Back beneath his lamp, he spreads out a map of his lost homeland, only to find a familiar bridge missing. Deep within the autumn screen stands someone whose back resembles his younger brother’s, yet who will not turn around.

This work was created by AI, inspired by the poetic imagery of Li Yu’s “望江南·闲梦远” (Wang Jiangnan: Idle Dreams Drift Far). 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.