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The Palace of Eternal Life (simplified Chinese: 长生殿; traditional Chinese: 長生殿; pinyin: Chángshēng diàn; Wade–Giles: Ch’ang-sheng tian) also translated as The Palace of Eternal Youth is a play written by Hong Sheng (Chinese: 洪昇/洪升) in the Qing Dynasty. He absorbed certain material from the long narrative poem The Song of Everlasting Sorrow (Chinese: 长恨歌) written by Bai Juyi and the Zaju (Chinese: 杂剧) Rain on the Paulownia Tree (Chinese: 梧桐雨) written by Bai Pu.