 Immediately after the poem had been written, its influence has already been felt.Bai Juyi's friend Chen Hong (fl.810s) created a dramatic version, "Chang hen zhuan", which later inspired "Rain on the Paulownia Tree" (Wutong yu) by Bai Pu (1226-after 1306) and "The Palace of Eternal Youth" (Changsheng dian) by Hong Sheng (洪升, 1645-1704).