Title of the first text: 黃泉秘語 [huangquan miyu ]. External cover title: 黃泉語 [huangquan yu]. Miscellaneous instructions about exorcistic healing rituals and some for the salvation of the deceased. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 34 folios. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript:...
Title of the first text: 南昌煉度科 [nanchang liandu ke ]. External cover title: 煉度科 [liandu ke ]. Instructions to purify/cleanse the bodies of the ancestors once they have been rescued from the Purgatory during the death ritual. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 48 folios. Date...
Title of the first text: 一本引朝科 [yiben yinzhao ke]. External cover title: 引朝科 [yinzhao ke]. Instructions about holding the audiences with the gods. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 太歲丙戌年七月十一日. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Two plausible dates: 1886 / 1946. Extent a...
External cover title and title of the first text: 齋関告科 [zhai guangao ke]. Text with instructions to open the ceremony. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 太歲壬午年七月十三日酉時. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Two plausible dates: 1882 / 1942. Extent and format of original mater...
Title of the first text: 諸品經 [zhupinjing]. External cover title: 一本諸品經 [yiben zhupinjing]. Anthology of many Daoist scriptures. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 太歲壬午年七月初二. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Two plausible dates: 1882 / 1942. Extent and format of origina...
Title of the first text: 一本小道範科 [yiben xiao daofan ke]. External cover title: 一本道範科 [yibe daofan ke ]. Basic book for the novice to study. The novice learns the magic in this book; he may really start studying in real life if he wants to become a ritual expert. Date(s) claimed in the manuscri...
Title of the first text: 壹本小喃靈科 [yiben xiaonanling ke ]. External cover title: 一本小喃靈科 [yiben xiao nanling ke ]. Ceremony for the offspring to see off the deceased, with a long scenario. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 太歲庚辰年九月十九日午時. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Tw...
External cover title and title of the first text: 一本化依科 [yiben huayi ke ]. Ceremony to make clothes for the ancestors, especially for the new/recent ancestors. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 天運太歲壬午年戊寅腨甲午旬越至癸卯日. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Two plausible dates: 18...
Title of the first text: 大喃靈科 [da nanling ke]. External cover title: 大部喃靈科 [dabu nanling ke]. Instructions to lead the Keau Hu Man to bring the particular dead – by names - from the Purgatory to the ceremony/house. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 92 folios. Date(s) claime...
Title of the first text: 一本迓王科 [yiben yawang ke ]. External cover title: 迓王科 [yawang ke ]. Instructions to organize the food for the dead in the Purgatory. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 太歲己酉年夷則庚午腨甲辰旬. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Two plausible dates: 1909 / 196...