External cover title and title of the first text: 半(判)座科 [panzuo ke]. Librettos about the merits to hold retreats, including the description of the work "flowers" of Tai Mu and instructions to build an ‘earth bridge’ for Tai Mu. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 太歲壬子年十月初七日稽首癸丑年初三日完畢. Calenda...
External cover title: 小化依小南靈科同壹冊 [xiaohuayi xiaonanling ke tongyice ]. Compilation of two texts: xiao huayi and xiao nanling. Huayi: Ceremony to make clothes for the ancestors, especially for the new/recent ancestors; Nanling: Ceremony for the offspring to see off the deceased, with a long scen...
Title of the first text: 說醮飛章送聖三獻科同一本 [shuojiao feizhang songsheng sanxian ke tognyiben]. External cover title: 說醮飛章送聖科 [shuojiao feizhang songsheng ke]. Compilation of two texts: shejiao, feizhang and songsheng sanxian. Shejiao: Ceremony to hold an offering for the gods, and to send up a peti...
Title of the first text: 清醮宿啟科 設醮在尾 [qingjiao suqi ke shejiao zaiwei]. External cover title: 宿啟科 [suqi ke]. Suqi: Ceremony to announce various gods in advance (namely Suqi), as a preparation period of the whole ritual. Shejiao: Ceremony to hold an offering for the gods, and to send up a petiti...
External cover title: 齋引朝科 [zhai yinzhao ke]. Instructions about holding the audiences with the gods. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 62 folios.
External cover title: 齋怗簡関告 醮符吏関告 會聖敕壇 同壹冊 [zhai zhanjian guangao jiao fuli guangao chitan tognyice]. Compilation of three texts: guangao, huisheng and chitan. Guangao: Text to open the ceremony. Huisheng: Text to follow with the opening. Chitan: Instructions to collect the Spirits. Date(s) cl...
External cover title: 按龍科 [anlong ke ]. Ceremony to fix and improve the cemetery for the ancestors. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 50 folios.
External cover title and title of the first text: 道範科 [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 manuscript: 太歲戊寅年六月廿二日. Calendar note: Stem...
External cover title: 一本謝境王雷王水符王 [yiben xie jingwang leiwang shufiuwang]. Ceremony for the Deities of the Hunters when a hunter is repeatedly unsuccessful in his hunt; Healing ceremony for diseases caused by the armies of the Lord of Thunder that people may casually meet in the Forest; and heal...
Title of the first text: 按龍科 [anlong ke ]. External cover title: 安龍科 [anlong ke]. Ceremony to fix and improve the cemetery for the ancestors. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 皇號壬申年八月十九. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Two plausible dates: 1812 / 1872. Extent and for...