Title of the first text: 一冊邙鬼? [yice wanggui?]. External cover title: 一冊邙秘語 [yice wang miyu]. Discussions about the various ritual performance. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 丁酉年七月十二日. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Two plausible dates: 1837 / 1897. Extent and fo...
Title of the first text: 急時救患秘語 [jishi jiuhuan miyu]. External cover title: 急時救患 [jishi jiuhuan ]. Miscellaneous instructions of exorcistic healing rituals and visualization practices. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 己未年五月中旬启抄. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Two pl...
Title of the first text: 會聖科集 [huisheng keji]. External cover title: 一本會聖科 [yiben huisheng ke]. Text to open the ceremony. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 18 folios. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 民國六十二歲六月十七日開始.
Title of the first text: 新文授械(戒)皈依 [xinwen shoujie guiyi]. External cover title: 新文授械(戒)皈依共 [xinwen shoujie guiyi gong]. Instructions for the ritual payments: How much money goes to which spirits. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 26 folios. Date(s) claimed in the manuscrip...
External cover title: 一本在內書 天地根底習字抄在內書 [yiben zainei shu tiandi gendi xizi chaozainei shu]. Dictionary that gives a list of the words (written words and idioms) in an unknown order and explains what they mean in life language. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 巳酉年八月初二. Calendar note: Stem-br...
Title of the first text: 壹冊煉度科 [yice liandu ke ]. External cover title: 一本破獄茭簡煉度科 [yiben poyu jiaojian liandu ke]. Instructions for sending a Messenger-Dragon to the Purgatory to wake up the deceased, imploring the gods - assistance to the Original Masters - to break the gates of the Purgatory...
External cover title: 一本師宮意 [yiben shigongyi]. Ceremony to summon various tutelary gods, ensuring the salvation of the deceased. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 58 folios.
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 一本師意科 [Yiben shiyi ke]. Instructions about providing offerings for the gods. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 62 folios.
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 按龍解穢唱共三元部 [Anlong jiehun chang gong sanyuanbu]. Anlong: Instructions for sending a Messenger-Dragon to the Purgatory to wake up the deceased, imploring the gods - assistanc...
Title of the first text: 授戒川光唱 [shoujie chuanguang chang]. External cover title: 一本授戒川光用 [yiben shoujie chuanguang yong]. Initiation ritual for the ordination of the new Daoist disciple. Chuanguang: Librettos for use in the rituals for the salvation of the deceased. Date(s) claimed in the man...