元末,钟离县有个孤苦伶仃的臭头小子,依靠在陈员外家帮佣渡日。由于天天侍候少东陈友谅练功,所以有了点功夫底子。陈友谅年少气盛,恃才傲物,野心勃勃,欲谋江山,累及其父被人暗杀。陈友谅请了风水先生麻子张找坟地......Sammo Hung is a poor village orphan called 'Filthy Guy' for his unwashed / diseased head whose ambitious landlord's son becomes king and wants to kill him as a prophecy predicts Sammo Hung will replace him. Eventually Sammo Hung becomes the first Ming Emperor.