External cover title and title of the first text: 安龍告斗解冤秘語 [anlong gaodou jiehuan miyu]. Magic to send the dragons to fix the graves in the cemetery and to protect the graves. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 皇號三年辛亥歲十月中旬?酉時完畢. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Two plaus...
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 論亡故死直敗雙材法 [Lun wanggu zhibai shuangcai fa]. Instructions about various details in the retreat for the deceased and the ceremony in the funeral, including some of exorcistic...
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 土府延生科 [Tufu yansheng ke]. Ceremony with a standard structure as a Daoist retreat, including three audiences in a day, ensuring the longevity of the host. Extent and format...
Title of the first text: 一本神目 [yiben shenmu ]. External cover title: 神目科 [shenmu ke ]. Instructions to invite all spirits to join the ceremony. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 46 folios. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 光緒二十二年丙申歲四月初九日抄完.
Title of the first text: 一本清醮宿啟設醮送聖科 [yiben qingjiao suqi shejiao songsheng ke ]. External cover title: 宿啟設醮送聖科 [suqi shejiao songsheng ke ]. Text to open the ceremony. The Tham Teang ‘original priests’ go to collect the money from the Three Celestial Banks. Suqi: Ceremony to announce various ...
Title of the first text: 龍飛科 [longfei ke ]. External cover title: 飛章科 [feizhang ke ]. The ritual of sending up a petition to heaven. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 52 folios. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 光緒二十二年丙申歲三月十八日抄完筆.
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 玉帝龜臺 [Yudi guitai]. The ritual and some instruction about the dead in the hell. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 104 folios.
Title of the first text: 玉皇經上卷終 [yuhuang jing shangjuan zhong]. External cover title: 玉皇經上卷 [yuhuangjing shangjuan ]. A scripture used in the ritual, seeking grace from Yuhuang (Jade emperor). Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 皇錄癸酉舊本戊子辛?中旬抄完畢. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years...
Title of the first text: 橋台科壹本慶賀帝母用 [qiaotai ke yiben qinghe dimu yong ]. External cover title: 橋台科壹本度帝母賀 [qiaotai ke yiben du dimu he ]. 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 M...
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 太上正一百拜朝天謝罪寶懺 [Taishang zhengyi baibai chaotian xiezui baochan]. Miscellaneous descriptions of exorcist healing rituals. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of...