Scope and Contents Tong Shi Tian Ya Lun Luo Ren 同是天涯沦落人 Tong Shi Tian Ya Lun Luo Ren. This is a story adapted from a poem The Pipa Tune, which was written in 816 AD by Bai Juyi. In 815 Bai Juyi was demoted from the Capital to a local Officer of Jiujiang Prefecture. One autumn night of the following year, while seeing off friends on a boat leaving Penpu harbor on the Yangtze River, he suddenly heard a pipa tune being played from the neighboring boat. The music style was clearly from the capital. Being totally...