Stories in poetry

Lingering Echoes of the Yi River

Ku Wuji · AI Writing · A Wuxia Novel of Masters and Disciples in an Imagined Ancient World · Complete · 38 chapters · 8 reads

As the northern army presses toward the border, A-Huai hurries to finish a zhu, a struck string instrument, for a farewell, hoping to do something important for the benefactor who took him in. A baby tooth suddenly rolls out of its wooden body, while the child going along keeps asking whether he may call someone Father on the day he becomes an apprentice. The song of the Yi River is about to begin, but a few whispers from the rear corridor make it impossible for A-Huai to keep his head down and simply tune the strings.

This book was written with AI assistance, expanding on Tao Yuanming’s 《咏荆轲》 (In Praise of Jing Ke) and the original short story 《易水最后一声筑》 (The Last Note of the Zhu Zither by the Yi River). The characters, national borders, institutions, and designs of workshop implements are all fictional; this is neither a translated adaptation of the historical story of Jing Ke nor a biography of the poet.