{ "id": "epbhrytgpp", "slug": "prodigy-healer", "title": "Prodigy Healer (青囊传)", "updated": "2026-11-01", "topic_path": [ { "id": "culture", "label": "Arts and culture", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture" }, { "id": "culture.performance", "label": "Screen and stage", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen", "label": "Film and television", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series", "label": "Series and fictional screen worlds", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_international_serials", "label": "International serial drama and telenovelas", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series.series_international_serials" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_int_serials_east_asia", "label": "East Asian drama series", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series.series_int_serials_east_asia" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_int_serials_east_asia.east_asian_web_streaming_serials", "label": "East Asian web and streaming serials", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series.series_int_serials_east_asia.east_asian_web_streaming_serials" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_int_serials_east_asia.east_asian_web_streaming_serials.alpha-my-to-so", "label": "Titles My to So", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series.series_int_serials_east_asia.east_asian_web_streaming_serials.alpha-my-to-so" } ], "geo": [ { "id": "geo.chn.t2001.culture.performance.screen.series.series_int_serials_east_asia.east_asian_web_streaming_serials.alpha-my-to-so", "label": "China · 2001 to 2020: Titles My to So", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t2001.culture.performance.screen.series.series_int_serials_east_asia.east_asian_web_streaming_serials.alpha-my-to-so", "path": [ { "id": "geo.chn", "label": "China", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t2001", "label": "China · 2001 to 2020", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t2001" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t2001.culture", "label": "Arts and culture", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t2001.culture" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t2001.culture.performance", "label": "Screen and stage", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t2001.culture.performance" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t2001.culture.performance.screen", "label": "Film and television", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t2001.culture.performance.screen" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t2001.culture.performance.screen.series", "label": "Series and fictional screen worlds", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t2001.culture.performance.screen.series" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t2001.culture.performance.screen.series.series_international_serials", "label": "International serial drama and telenovelas", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t2001.culture.performance.screen.series.series_international_serials" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t2001.culture.performance.screen.series.series_int_serials_east_asia.east_asian_web_streaming_serials", "label": "East Asian web and streaming serials", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t2001.culture.performance.screen.series.series_int_serials_east_asia.east_asian_web_streaming_serials" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t2001.culture.performance.screen.series.series_int_serials_east_asia.east_asian_web_streaming_serials.alpha-my-to-so", "label": "Titles My to So", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t2001.culture.performance.screen.series.series_int_serials_east_asia.east_asian_web_streaming_serials.alpha-my-to-so" } ] } ], "excerpt": "Prodigy Healer (青囊传, Qing Nang Zhuan) is a 2019 Youku Chinese fantasy-romance medical drama, 36 episodes, directed by Hu Chuxi, starring Li Hongyi and Zhao Lusi as healers fighting a plague in the Republic era.", "snippet": "Prodigy Healer (青囊传, Qing Nang Zhuan) is a 2019 Youku Chinese fantasy-romance medical drama, 36 episodes, directed by Hu Chuxi, starring Li Hongyi and Zhao Lusi as healers fighting a plague in the Republic era.", "node": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_int_serials_east_asia.east_asian_web_streaming_serials.alpha-my-to-so", "markdown": "# Prodigy Healer (青囊传)\n\n**Prodigy Healer** (青囊传; *Qing Nang Zhuan*) is a 2019 Chinese fantasy romance drama broadcast on Youku, in which Mu Xingchen, heir of the reclusive Shen Mu tribe that has studied medicine for generations, partners with the Western-trained doctor Ye Yunshang to fight a plague in the Republican era using the traditional medical art Qing Nang Shu.[1](https://wiki.d-addicts.com/Prodigy_Healer) • [2](https://www.tvmao.com/drama/IV1kY2lq)\n\n| Key fact | Detail |\n|---|---|\n| Original title | 青囊传 / Qing Nang Zhuan; English title Prodigy Healer[1](https://wiki.d-addicts.com/Prodigy_Healer) |\n| Broadcast | Youku, from 2019-May-30; 36 episodes[1](https://wiki.d-addicts.com/Prodigy_Healer) |\n| Genre | Romantic fantasy with medical and Republican-era adventure elements[1](https://wiki.d-addicts.com/Prodigy_Healer) • [3](https://www.cpophome.com/prodigy-healer-li-hongyi-zhao-lusi/) |\n| Leads | Li Hongyi as Mu Xingchen; Zhao Lusi as Ye Yunshang[4](https://ent.people.com.cn/n1/2019/0618/c1012-31165818.html) |\n| Director | Hu Chuxi (胡储玺), with Wei Jie as co-director[4](https://ent.people.com.cn/n1/2019/0618/c1012-31165818.html) • [3](https://www.cpophome.com/prodigy-healer-li-hongyi-zhao-lusi/) |\n| Overseas reach | YouTube cumulative views passed one million after overseas release; the series ranked repeatedly in the top ten of Maoyan's real-time popularity chart during its run[5](https://www.baike.com/wikiid/7237044523292393529) |\n| Screenwriters | Fang Moqi, Yu Yinglan, Zhang Jie, and Xue Hui[3](https://www.cpophome.com/prodigy-healer-li-hongyi-zhao-lusi/) |\n\n## Spoilers\n\n### Plot\n\nThe story centers on Mu Xingchen, a young man of the Shen Mu tribe, a lineage that has practiced medicine for generations and lives in isolation around a sacred tree. He rescues Ye Yunshang, the daughter of a medical family who strays into the tribe's territory while gathering herbs in the misty forest.[2](https://www.tvmao.com/drama/IV1kY2lq) • [5](https://www.baike.com/wikiid/7237044523292393529)\n\nTo escape internal power struggles within the royal family, Mu Xingchen leaves with Ye Yunshang for the turbulent world of the Republic of China era. There the two confront a rare plague, and he saves people and his own tribe with his \"Qing Nang skill\", combining traditional and Western medicine. After temptations and trials of love he becomes a renowned healer of his generation; in the end he renounces the throne and travels the world with Ye Yunshang to help ordinary people.[2](https://www.tvmao.com/drama/IV1kY2lq) • [3](https://www.cpophome.com/prodigy-healer-li-hongyi-zhao-lusi/) In the final arc, Kong Chan, driven by unrequited love, becomes the ultimate antagonist in a war within the Shen Mu tribe.[6](https://food.dzwww.com/yule/zy/201907/t20190704_18906232.htm)\n\n## Cast\n\nLi Hongyi plays Mu Xingchen and [Zhao Lusi](https://www.edgepedia.org/zhao-lusi) plays Ye Yunshang, both credited as leads.[3](https://www.cpophome.com/prodigy-healer-li-hongyi-zhao-lusi/) Supporting roles include Zhang Sifan as Qiao Zhentian, Feng Junxi as Shangguan Wenxuan, Zhang Yao as Kong Chan, Yang Mingna as Zeng Shuya, Yang Yue as Yue Ying, and Liang Dawei as Mu Nanyue.[3](https://www.cpophome.com/prodigy-healer-li-hongyi-zhao-lusi/) • [7](https://www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/prodigy-healer/season-1) Veteran actors appear in featured parts, including Tse Kwan Ho as Shangguan Qing and Jackie Lui as Ye Qiushi, Ye Yunshang's father, a medicine merchant.[3](https://www.cpophome.com/prodigy-healer-li-hongyi-zhao-lusi/) • [5](https://www.baike.com/wikiid/7237044523292393529)\n\n## Production and release\n\nThe drama was produced by Zhi You Media together with Youku, with a title announced for May 30, 2019.[3](https://www.cpophome.com/prodigy-healer-li-hongyi-zhao-lusi/) • [8](https://ent.people.com.cn/n1/2019/0521/c1012-31095853.html) IMDb lists a China release date of May 5, 2019, differing from the May 30 premiere date given by Chinese sources.[9](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9404476/) • [1](https://wiki.d-addicts.com/Prodigy_Healer) It was filmed at [Hengdian World Studios](https://www.edgepedia.org/hengdian-world-studios) in Zhejiang Province.[9](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9404476/) To achieve realistic visuals, the production built the Shen Mu tribe sets entirely on location, and promotional material emphasizes wire-work stunts and combat scenes performed by the actors themselves.[4](https://ent.people.com.cn/n1/2019/0618/c1012-31165818.html) • [10](https://ent.people.com.cn/n1/2019/0530/c1012-31110549.html)\n\nThe series incorporated a large number of elements of traditional Chinese medicine, including medical texts, instruments, pulse-taking, and acupuncture scenes, alongside traditional dress, etiquette, and calligraphy.[4](https://ent.people.com.cn/n1/2019/0618/c1012-31165818.html)\n\n## Reception\n\nThe membership run concluded on June 20, 2019, with the full-network finale on July 4, 2019.[6](https://food.dzwww.com/yule/zy/201907/t20190704_18906232.htm) After the series was released overseas on YouTube, cumulative views passed one million, and Maoyan's real-time heat chart placed it in the top ten multiple times between its premiere and finale.[5](https://www.baike.com/wikiid/7237044523292393529) Ratings on international platforms are moderate: Rakuten Viki users average 8.5 out of 10 from more than 10,700 ratings, and IMDb shows 7.5 out of 10 from 79 votes.[11](https://www.viki.com/tv/36673c-prodigy-healer) • [9](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9404476/)\n\n## References\n\n1. [Prodigy Healer, DramaWiki](https://wiki.d-addicts.com/Prodigy_Healer)\n2. [青囊传剧情介绍（1-36全集）大结局, 电视猫](https://www.tvmao.com/drama/IV1kY2lq)\n3. [Prodigy Healer - Chinese Drama 2019, CPOP HOME](https://www.cpophome.com/prodigy-healer-li-hongyi-zhao-lusi/)\n4. [电视剧《青囊传》海外总点击量破百万, 人民网](https://ent.people.com.cn/n1/2019/0618/c1012-31165818.html)\n5. [青囊传, 快懂百科](https://www.baike.com/wikiid/7237044523292393529)\n6. [《青囊传》高燃收官 口碑收视双丰收, 大众网](https://food.dzwww.com/yule/zy/201907/t20190704_18906232.htm)\n7. [Prodigy Healer Season 1, JustWatch](https://www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/prodigy-healer/season-1)\n8. [《青囊传》定档5月30日, 人民网](https://ent.people.com.cn/n1/2019/0521/c1012-31095853.html)\n9. [Prodigy Healer (TV Series 2019), IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9404476/)\n10. [《青囊传》曝终极预告, 人民网](https://ent.people.com.cn/n1/2019/0530/c1012-31110549.html)\n11. 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