Stories in poetry

The Setting Sun in a Cup

Ku Wuji · AI Writing · A Novel of Society and Reunion in Later Life in a Historical Setting · Complete · 38 chapters · 1 read

When the chrysanthemum wine for the Double Ninth arrives, Song Tang is putting away a green cup that has stood empty for years. The familiar scent of well water draws her onto the mountain road, but the white-haired person in the courtyard takes her for a stranger come to buy wine. The marriage pledge from thirty years ago still exists, yet the lives of the two households have each traveled far. Suddenly, she does not know how to begin the question she brought.

This original work was written with AI assistance, expanding on Wu Wenying’s “浪淘沙·九日从吴见山觅酒” (Langtaosha: Seeking Wine from Wu Jianshan on the Double Ninth) and this site’s original short story “九日无人认故人” (On the Double Ninth, No One Recognizes an Old Friend). The characters, place names, and chronology are imagined. It is neither a translation or adaptation of the original ci poem nor a biography of the poet.