Title of the first text: 授戒諸川光科 [shujie zhu chuanguang ke]. External cover title: 川光科 [chuanguang ke ]. Initiation ceremony for the ordination of the young Daoist disciple. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 84 folios. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 大清同治肆年丙寅歲春季月初三日完.
This manuscript has no internal cover title for the first text. The given title is for the title on the outer cover. External cover title: 帝母橋始(臺) 盤皇科在尾 盤皇歌唱 [dimu qiaotai panhuang ke zaiwei panhuang gechang ]. Librettos about the merits to hold retreats, including the description of the work ...
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 功曹 接聖科 大獻用 [Gongcao jiesheng ke daxian yong]. Gongcao: Instructions to send the deities of Messengers to inform and invite all the deities to join the ceremony. Jiesheng an...
External cover title and title of the first text: 開山科 [kaishan ke ]. Instructions to “open the forest” so a new village can be built. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 98 folios. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 光緒三拾歲甲辰年八月上旬終畢.
Title of the first text: 招兵科 [zhaobing ke]. External cover title: 調雞科壹本 [diaoji ke yiben ]. Instructions to arrange and perform siu paeng a healing/exorcist ritual. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 94 folios. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 光緒二十年己乙六月上旬終筆.
Title of the first text: 一本救患科 [yiben jiuhuan ke]. External cover title: 壹本鬼? [yiben gui?]. The story of all the deities. It is chanted to invite the deities into the house/altar: It serves to announce them to the public and to call them to join the ceremony at the same time. “This is you, thi...
Title of the first text: 大齋短秘語壹部 [dazhai duan miyu yibu ]. External cover title: 諸齋亡大小短秘語一本 [zhu zhaiwang daxiao duan miyu yiben ]. Instructions about various details in the retreat for the deceased and the ceremony in the funeral. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 100 folio...
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 符命式 [Fuming shi]. Compilation of spells and talismans which seem to be used in the ritual. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 38 folios. Date(s) claimed ...
This manuscript has no internal cover title for the first text. The given title is for the title on the outer cover. External cover title: 土府延生草時科一本 [tufu yansheng caoshi ke yiben ]. Ceremony with a standard structure as a Daoist retreat, ensuring the longevity of the host. Extent and format ...
This manuscript has no internal cover title for the first text. The given title is for the title on the outer cover. External cover title: 一本伸斗科 [yiben shendou ke ]. Ceremony for the ‘old people’. Basic ceremony to introduce them to the deities of the elders. Extent and format of original mat...