Stories in poetry

The Five Lakes Are Not Yet Far

Ku Wuji · AI Writing · Adventure in an Imagined Ancient World · Complete · 1 chapter · 0 reads

Tao Ye resigns as military adviser, buys a boat and a fishing rod, and even learns to knead his own bait. Less than half a li from shore, his bailing ladle strikes a bloodied hand. The waterworks worker hiding in the hold is being hunted. The soaked plan held against his chest still bears Tao Ye’s seal from years ago, but several inked lines are no longer as they were. The open lake is right before him when horns sound from the shore.

This work was created by AI, inspired by the poetic imagery of Yang Yanzheng’s “To the Tune of Shui Diao Ge Tou: Holding Wine toward the Setting Sun.” 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.