Scope and Contents Song of the Pipa 琵琶行 Pi Pa Xing. All versions were sampled by 曲艺苑 the Arts and Performance Center. The play is set during the Han Dynasty. Based on an older play, Zhao zhen nu (The Chaste Maiden Zhao), it tells the story of a loyal wife named Zhao Wuniang (T: 趙五孃, S: 赵五娘, P: Zhào Wǔniáng, W: Chao Wu-niang) who, left destitute when her husband Cai Yong is forced to marry another woman, undertakes a 12-year search for him. During her journey, she plays the pipa of the play's title in order to...