Stories in poetry

First Clear Skies Beyond the Nested Gates

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

Cheng Qi has kept the curtains on all four sides lowered for an entire spring, telling every visitor that she is gravely ill. She has yet to put behind her the poem mocked at last year’s gathering when a new work bearing her name begins circulating outside—a satire aimed at her old friend Liang Su. Business at the bookshop grows quieter by the day. Cheng Qi lays out paper to clear things up, but after writing “断非我作” (This is certainly not my work), her brush suddenly stops.

This work was created by AI, inspired by the poetic imagery of Li Qingzhao’s “念奴娇·春情” (Niannujiao: Spring Feelings). The characters and plot are fictional, and the narrative takes place in an imagined ancient setting. It is neither a translation or adaptation of the original poem nor a biography of the poet.