External cover title: 一本開山科 [yiben kaishan ke ]. Instructions to "open the forest" so a new village can be built. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 110 folios.
External cover title and title of the first text: 茭簡破獄二科 [jiaojian poyu erke]. Compilation of two texts: Jiaojian and Poyu. Jiaojian: Instructions to send messenger dragon to the Purgatory to wake up the dead and let them know that the secondary death ritual is taking place; Poyu: instructions ...
External cover title: 初真科 [chuzhen ke ]. Opening ceremony of the small altar for the disciple. Inform the spirits and invite the Deities of the Ritual Experts. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 40 folios.
External cover title: 一本說醮科 [yiben shuojiao ke ]. Magic to make the altars into gold-silver-cash, house, rice field, garden, fruit trees, livestock, and food. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 乙亥年三月十七日抄完. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Two plausible dates: 1815 / 1875...
External cover title: 一本被替科 [yiben beiti ke]. The instructions to teach the boy. The ritual expert translates this book for the boy from formal to vernacular. Moral rules to follow in order to behave like a gentleman/scholar. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 60 folios.
External cover title: 一本化依科 [yiben huayi ke]. Small ceremony to make clothes for the ancestors, especially for the new/recent ancestors. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 36 folios.
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 伸斗科一本 [Shendou ke yiben]. First ceremony for the ‘old people’ (in their forties). Basic ceremony to introduce them to Tao Man the Deities of the Elders. Date(s) claimed in...
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 一本開經壇咒 [Yiben kaijingtan zhou]. Opening ceremony of the small altar for the disciple. Inform the spirits and invite the Deities of the Ritual Experts. Extent and format of...
External cover title and title of the first text: 一本集謝秘語 [yiben jixie miyu]. Instructions about acknowledging the grace from the gods. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 李氏本命辛卯年二月初四建. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Two plausible dates: 1831 / 1891. Extent and format o...
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: [百解秘語] [[baijie miyu ]]. Miscellaneous descriptions of exorcist healing rituals. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 42 folios.