Stories in poetry

A Letter Across Xiaoxiang

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

When spring cold cuts off the postal route, Ye Su reads a letter abandoning a wife as a message longing for her return, certain those words will help the pregnant woman endure the present. Nine years later, A-Ting comes looking for her with a small coffin full of old clothes, asking only whether the letter ever truly said “等我” (Wait for me). Another letter arrives from the southern city. This time, A-Ting wants her to read every word without omission—and to come along on a journey.

This work was created by AI, inspired by the poetic imagery of Qin Guan’s “To the Tune of Ta Suo Xing: A Travelers’ Lodge in Chenzhou.” 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.