A monk breaks every rule to find love and gets emotionally wrecked. Divine comedy!
Season 1 • Episode 42
LatestChina's Southern Song Dynasty was troubled by external troubles and internal troubles, and people's hearts were unstable. At this time, a monk called Ji Lu appeared in Lin'an City, and later generations were even more regarded as Ji Gong. Jigong acts insanely and does not obey the Buddhist precepts, but he is brilliant in magic and heals people everywhere, but he does not know how to deal with emotional disputes. In order to experience love, Jigong bravely broke through the love barrier and caused bruises all over his body ...
Acting
Karl Maka's unhinged Ji Gong reinvention
Costume
Song Dynasty opulence meets tattered monk rags
Creator
Karl Maka
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ji Gong is a genuine Chinese folk legend, the 'Mad Monk' who ate meat and drank wine while performing miracles—this series leans hard into his romantic chaos rather than traditional portrayals.
Karl Maka was primarily known for 1980s Hong Kong action comedies; this 2001 pivot to spiritual romance TV was deeply unexpected career whiplash.
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