Title of the first text: 伴(判)座科壹本 [panzuo ke yiben]. External cover title: 壹本伴(判)座科 [yiben panzuo ke ]. The description of the work of Tai Mu. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 70 folios. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 皇號光緒二十甲午歲七月初九日.
Title of the first text: 迓王科壹部 [yawang ke yibu]. External cover title: 迓王 [yawang ]. Instructions to organize the food for the dead in the Purgatory. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 太歲辛丑年六月廿三日. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Two plausible dates: 1901 / 1961. Exten...
Title of the first text: 巫教通用 [wujiao tongyong ]. External cover title: 巫教師公通用 [wujiao shigong tongyong ]. A manual about instructions and verses used and chanted in the rituals for Daoist priests(Zhai kong). Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 天子??乙卯年七月拾四日. Calendar note: Stem-branches syste...
Title of the first text: 一本設科 [yiben she ke ]. External cover title: 一本說醮科 [yiben shuojiao ke ]. Ceremony to hold an offering for the gods, and to send up a petition to heaven, ensuring the fortune of the host. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 36 folios.
Title of the first text: 金語一本 [jinyu yiben]. External cover title: 一本開卦秘語 [yiben kaigua miyu ]. Magic to open the learning shamanistic healing ceremony. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 18 folios. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 光緒十年辛卯歲六月廿七日巳時抄完.
External cover title: 論小秘解法 [lun xiaomi jiefa ]. Miscellaneous instructions about exorcist skills, therapist skills and other magics. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 40 folios.
Title of the first text: 授戒秘語一本 [shoujie miyu yiben]. External cover title: 一本授戒秘語 [yiben shoujie miyu ]. Miscellaneous instructions of Initiation ritual for the ordination of the new Daoist disciple. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 皇號廿八歲乙卯年十月十三日. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60...
Title of the first text: 按龍伸?救患同厶奄秘語 [anlong shen? jiuhuan tong mou an miyu]. External cover title: 按龍??救患秘語 [anlong ?? jiuhuan miyu ]. Instruction to fix and improve the cemetery for the ancestors. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 70 folios. Date(s) claimed in the manuscr...
Title of the first text: 諸雜秘蜜語一本 [zhuza mimiyu yiben]. External cover title: 諸雜秘語 [zhuza miyu ]. Miscellaneous instructions about exorcist skills, therapist skills and other magics. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 140 folios. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 下元大清咸豐十年歲次庚...
Title of the first text: 清醮秘語壹本 [qingjiao miyu yiben]. External cover title: 清醮秘語 [qingjiao miyu ]. Magic to transform the altars into ritual payments which are aimed to the deities invited to occupy seats in the altars. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 124 folios. Date(s)...