External cover title and title of the first text: 迓王科 [yawang ke]. Instructions to organize the food for the dead in the Purgatory. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 88 folios. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 乾隆肆拾五年庚子歲癸未月戊申日.
Title of the first text: 茭龍科破獄科共一本 [jiaolong ke poyu ke gongyiben]. External cover title: 茭龍破獄科 [jiaolong poyu ke]. Compilation of two texts: Jiaolong and Poyu. Jiaolong: Instructions to send the messenger dragon to the Purgatory to wake up the dead and let them know that the secondary death r...
External cover title and title of the first text: 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. Last part of this ceremony in which they had been rescued and can join the ancestors’ tablet. The...
External cover title and title of the first text: 一本二宮科 [yiben ergong ke]. Ceremony to hold a lamp ritual, mainly aiming at the Dipper gods, ensuring the fortune and longevitiy of the host. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 42 folios.
Title of the first text: 一本喃靈科 [yiben nanling ke]. External cover title: 一本大部喃靈科 [yiben dabu nanling ke]. Instructions to lead the Keau Hu Man to bring the particular dead – by names - from the Purgatory to the ceremony/house. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 太歲戊子年四月初二日午時. Calendar note: S...
External cover title: 一本符吏會聖敕壇科 [yiben fuli huisheng chitan ke]. Compilation of three texts: fuli, huisheng and chitan. Fuli: Instruction for summoning the spell officials (Fuli); Huisheng:Text to open the ceremony. Chitan: Instructions to collect the Bad Spirits. Date(s) claimed in the manusc...
Title of the first text: 清醮 說醮在頭 飛章在尾 [qingjiao shuojiao zaitou feizhang zaiwei]. External cover title: 清醮 說醮飛章 [qingjiao shuojiao feizhang ]. Compilation of two texts: qingjiao and shejiao. qingjiao: Magic to transform the altars into ritual payments which are aimed to the deities invited to ...
Title of the first text: 土府延生單朝科 [tufu yansheng danzhao ke]. External cover title: 單朝科 [danzhao ke ]. Instructions about holding an audience with the gods, ensuring the longevity of the clients. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 40 folios. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript:...
Title of the first text: 清醮宿啟科 設醮在尾 [qingjiao suqi ke shejiao zaiwei]. External cover title: 清醮宿啟科 [qingjiao suqi ke]. Compilation of two texts: suqi and shejiao. Suqi: Ceremony to announce various gods in advance (namely Suqi), as a preparation period of the whole ritual; Shejiao: Ceremony to...
External cover title: 一本神行醮 延生 土府 貢王 十供 [yiben shen xingjiao yansheng tufu gongwang shigong ]. Instructions about holding an audience with the gods, ensuring the longevity of the clients. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 太歲己丑年七月三十日辰時. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: T...