Stories in poetry

Frost Passes over Cold Mountain

Ku Wuji · AI Writing · Supernatural Romance in a Historical Setting · Complete · 1 chapter · 8 reads

Qin Ye is hurrying down Cold Mountain when a woman in white appears at the back of his cart. A thin frost lies by her feet, but no tracks show where she came from. If he delivers the loom shuttles to the dyehouse before sunset, he will be allowed to make long journeys on his own. The woman, however, wants to go higher, to the maple woods blazing red. Just then, the cart’s wedge comes loose. At the fork, one road leads downhill to the delivery, the other uphill to the maples. By the time the cart is repaired, there will be still less daylight left for either direction.

This work was created by AI, inspired by the poetic imagery of Du Mu’s 《山行》 (A Mountain Journey). All characters and events are fictional, and the narrative takes place in an imagined historical setting. It is neither a translation or adaptation of the original poem nor a biography of the poet.