Title of the first text: 招兵科一本 [zhaobing ke yiben ]. External cover title: 招兵科 [zhaobing ke ]. Instructions to arrange and perform a healing/exorcist. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 92 folios. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 民國三十年辛巳歲六月旬日抽完.
External cover title and title of the first text: 師公半(判)座科 [shigong panzuo ke ]. The description of the work of Tai Mu. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 104 folios. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 眾(中)華民國三十年辛巳歲林鐘閏月下旬完畢.
Title of the first text: 師公盤皇接聖橋台科 [shigong panhuang jiesheng qiaotai ke ]. External cover title: 盤皇接聖 [panhuang jiesheng ]. Instruction to direct all Celestial deities invited to the ceremony to occupy their seats at the main altar. Librettos about the merits to hold retreats. Extent and for...
External cover title and title of the first text: 壹本師公意 [yiben shigong yi ]. Instruction for the ceremonies about invite the deities to be informed about the happenings in the household (and the village). Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 太歲戊寅年八月上旬. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-...
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: 一本符命南昌式 [yiben fuming nanchang shi ]. Compilation of spells and talismans which seem to be used in the ritual. Extent and format of original material: 1 v...
External cover title: 壹本告斗科 [yiben gaodou ke ]. Instructions about ceremony to introduce them to the deities of the elders. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 太歲戊寅年三月初五日. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Two plausible dates: 1938 / 1998. Extent and format of original ma...
External cover title and title of the first text: 一本大部南靈科 [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: 太歲癸巳年六月廿三日. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60...
Title of the first text: 大部上卷南靈 [dabu shangjuan nanling ]. External cover title: 大部上卷南靈 迓王科 [dabu shangjuan nanling yawang ke ]. Instructions to lead the Keau Hu Man to bring the particular dead – by names - from the Purgatory to the ceremony/house; Instructions to organize the food for the de...
External cover title: 龍重 交簡 迓王 煉度科 [longzhong jiaojian yawang liandu ke ]. Instructions to break the Gates of Purgatory.Yawang: Instructions to organize the food for the dead in the Purgatory.Liandu: Instructions to purify the bodies of the ancestors once they have rescued from the Purgatory du...
External cover title: 小化依小南靈科同壹冊 [xiao huayi xiao nanling ke gongyice]. Ceremony for the offspring to see off the deceased, with a long scenario. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 太歲戊寅年三月初五日抽首. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Two plausible dates: 1938 / 1998. Extent a...