Stories in poetry

A Floating Isle upon the Vast Sea

Ku Wuji · AI Writing · Strange Tales at Sea in a Historical Setting · Complete · 1 chapter · 8 reads

On his first voyage, Meng Zhao plants a flag on a new island and names it Chang’an Islet, hoping to trade a harbor chart for a share in a ship. But Wen Pu, the pilot traveling with him, refuses to rush into surveying the land: the island has no spring, and the origins of its vegetation seem wrong. After nightfall, the two reefs at the bay’s entrance have shifted behind them. The sampan where they are spending the night is still secured by two ropes, and the knots he tied himself that day are slowly pulling taut.

This work was created by AI, inspired by the poetic imagery of Cao Cao’s “Viewing the Vast Sea.” Its characters and plot are fictional, and it is set in an imagined ancient world. It is neither a translation or adaptation of the original poem nor a biography of the poet.