Stories in poetry

The Southern Mountain Beyond the Fence

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

Three days of peace and quiet, priced at ten taels. A dispirited bookkeeper, Qiao Wang, rents a house at the foot of the Southern Mountain, sends away the rooster, pays to stop the mill, and adds screens and boards up the fence, hoping the visiting Mr. Ge will leave an inscription worth carrying back to the city. No sooner has his guest settled into his seat than he asks where the Southern Mountain is; the half of the mountain once visible through the window has long since been hidden by the new fence boards, while the broker is still recruiting the next party of scholarly visitors for him.

This work was created by AI, inspired by the poetic imagery of Tao Yuanming’s “饮酒·其五” (Drinking Wine, No. 5). 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.