Stories in poetry

Lingering Fragrance of Plum-Blossom Ashes

Ku Wuji · AI Writing · Ancient Chinese–Style Wuxia · Complete · 1 chapter · 0 reads

After being expelled from her mountain school, Xie Wei sets up a shelter beside a broken bridge to practice medicine, guarding a document that can clear her name. On a rainy night, she lights her old incense for a guest with an arrow wound, only to draw the sound of horse bells that have sought her for two years. The wounded man is the very person who signed her expulsion order. Her sachet still rests against her waist. As the water outside the bridge arch slowly rises, she remembers the ship for the Eastern Sea that she should have boarded long ago.

This work was created by AI, inspired by the poetic imagery of Lu You’s 《卜算子·咏梅》 (To the Tune of Busuanzi: Ode to the Plum Blossom). 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.