Stories in poetry

Green Mountains Beyond the Painting

Ku Wuji · AI Writing · Social Life in an Ancient Setting · Complete · 1 chapter · 8 reads

Shao Qing is painting a birthday portrait of Liao Sanniang, but on the first day she finishes only half an ear. The son wants fullness and vigor; the daughter wants to preserve the wrinkles of hardship. The old woman moves her chair seven times and still says the position is wrong. The eight-tael fee will cover her paint debts, and the city’s spring painting exhibition is about to stop accepting submissions. Yet the old woman invites her out to sit awhile at the tea shelter on the western slope.

This work was created by AI, inspired by the poetic imagery of Su Shi’s 《题西林壁》 (Inscribed on the Wall of West Forest Temple). 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.