Abstract
This article deals with a Chunyang 纯阳 Daoist transmission between female healers which takes place in the “Transverse Dragon Grottoe-temple” (Henglongdong 横龙洞) situated in the vicinity of Pingxiang City 萍乡市 in western Jiangxi (near the Hunan border). The female masters of this community specialize in women’s internal alchemy (nudan 女丹). They are regionally famous for their medicine that takes care of and heals children. Based on fieldwork observation and written materials gathered between 2004 and 2014, this article follows the transmission of this therapeutic-based Daoist tradition in the course of the 20th century. Its purpose is to shed light on some intrinsic links between Daoism and healing. It also highlights the way this literary and technical practice allows the internalization of rituals, shifts in status, as well as the building of interpersonal networks between Daoist masters and officials. These relationships have been instrumental both in the transmission of Daoism during the Maoist era and also more recently in its recomposition since the 1980s.
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