Stories in poetry

Autumn Wine upon the Lake

Ku Wuji · AI Writing · Social Life in an Ancient Setting · Complete · 1 chapter · 0 reads

Xu Nian spends six extra copper coins to gather the three fish for this year’s autumn reunion. One old friend has already been laid to rest, and another writes that his legs are failing him, yet he still polishes three sets of cups and chopsticks and invents return dates for those absent. Then Pan Liu suddenly arrives, leaning on a walking stick. As always, they complain about expensive fish and late wine, neither the first to mention the empty cup. The pavilion at the center of the lake remains, but last year’s boat may never return, however long they wait.

This work was created by AI, inspired by the poetic imagery of Yan Shu’s “To the Tune of Po Zhen Zi.” Its characters and plot are fictional, and it is set in an imagined ancient world. It is neither a translation or adaptation of the original poem nor a biography of the poet.