Sex and Zen

The story is about a lustful scholar (played by Lawrence Ng) who dares to challenge the moral teachings of the Sack Monk. The monk attempts to lecture the scholar that spiritual enlightenment transcends the passions of the flesh but the scholar, who enjoys women, doesn’t agree. However, the most powerful man in the town marries his daughter, played by Amy Yip, to the scholar. The daughter is a virgin and has been taught that sex is dirty.

The scholar, after a disastrous yet humorous wedding night, soon initiates his bride into the pleasures of sex, aided greatly by the illustrations of a copy of a sex manual. The amorous husband goes about his ‘scholastic travels’ where he meets the greatest thief known to man. The thief is able to sneak into people’s houses undetected, and the scholar wants to learn this skill so that he can sleep with other men’s wives. The thief was initially willing to help him, until he catches the scholar one day and discovers that the scholar is not very well-endowed.

The thief tells the scholar that stealing other men’s wives requires good lovemaking skills and equipment. The thief promises to help the scholar only if he has a horse’s penis. Of course, the thief didn’t think it was possible, until the scholar returned one day, indeed, with a horse’s penis attached as his own. Apparently, the scholar met a doctor who was able to replace anatomical parts (a scene with a cameo by Hong Kong comedian Kent Cheng).