A Collection of Short Historical Romance Stories

Irregularly updated short stories, purely as a gift to readers. If you enjoy them, I hope you'll add some of my other ongoing long novels to your favorites. Good people have happy lives, sending you love~

P1: "As If Following Fengqian"

The well pulley turns above the bed. Water sounds in profusion, the strings play softly. What is love, Xun Fengqian?

The sun above the city wall, forever dwelling there. One day becomes a thousand years; it need not flow away.

Li He, "The Song of Digging a Well in the Rear Garden"

P2: "Lament for Myself"

Among sparse apricot-blossom shadows, I played the flute until dawn.

Chen Yuyi, "Linjiang Immortal: Climbing the Small Tower at Night, Remembering Old Friends in Luoyang"

P3: "Parting on the Wedding Day"

So much in this world goes awry. I will gaze toward you forever.

Du Fu, "Parting on the Wedding Day"

P4: "The Painter"

With brows lightly brushed, she faces the painter at dawn; her hair is bound in a matching coiffure, dark as silk.

Su Manshu, "Poems on My Own Affairs"

P5: "The Human World"

I look northwest toward Chang'an, but alas, countless mountains lie in the way.

Xin Qiji, "Bodhisattva's Barbarian: Writing on the Wall at Jiangxi's Zaokou"

Theme: What is love, Xun Fengqian?