Stories in poetry

Moonlight at the Old Well

Ku Wuji · AI Writing · Ancient Chinese–Style Mystery · Complete · 1 chapter · 6 reads

After twelve years keeping an inn, Chen Yan hears a guest name his hometown for the first time and nearly waives the room charge altogether. Two more people arrive soon afterward, each naming Baijing Town—yet that town burned to empty ground the year its people fled. Moonlight whitens the guest hall as the three speak of the same old well. One says he has a family genealogy; another remembers only a patch of winter shadow.

This work was created by AI, inspired by the poetic imagery of Li Bai’s 《静夜思》 (Thoughts on a Quiet Night). 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.