Possibly The Forbidden Kingdom? Otherwise, it definitely sounds like you're talking about The Medallion or having mixed memories of the twoI’m looking for a late 90’s/early 00’s movie starring jet li as a martial artist bodyguard and escort for a boy who is known by a certain enlightened group as the chosen one. I think they used the term golden child as well.
It’s not the movie with Eddie Murphy and I’m pretty sure it was called the medallion, but I could only find a rip-off with Jackie Chan.
Possibly The Forbidden Kingdom? Otherwise, it definitely sounds like you're talking about The Medallion or having mixed memories of the two