Title of the first text: 一本喪塲秘語 [yiben sangshang miyu ]. External cover title: 一本超亡三夜送終金語 [yiben chaowang sanye songzhong jinyu ]. Instructions about various details in the retreat for the deceased and the ceremony in the funeral. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 110 folios...
Title of the first text: 新集洪恩秘蜜語 [xinji hongen mimiyu]. External cover title: 天先秘語 [tianxian miyu ]. Magic to clean the land and recreate a new world after the flood. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 94 folios. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 大清號乾隆肆拾肆年黃鐘月(丁巳年正月初九日)[19 D...
External cover title and title of the first text: 一本叁直送終科 [yiben sanzhi songzhong ke ]. Instructions about various details in the retreat for the deceased and the ceremony in the funeral. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 128 folios.
Title of the first text: 一本遠棺喪塲科 [yiben yuanguan sangshang ke ]. External cover title: 一本遠棺科 [yiben yuanguan ke ]. Ceremony to dance around the dead lying on the floor and to offer payments to the deceased. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 68 folios.
External cover title and title of the first text: 送終燈科 [songzhong dengke ]. Instructions about various details in the retreat for the deceased and the ceremony in the funeral. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 104 folios. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 光緒十九日癸巳歲十二月初十日完.
External cover title: 一本喪家文字 [yiben sangjia wenzi ]. Instructions text for the ritual actions. For instance, instructions to arrange the ritual space and for writing, spells and talismans. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 54 folios.
Title of the first text: 小煉化衣符 [xiaolian huayi fu ]. External cover title: 重集小煉化衣用 [chongji xiaolian huayi yong ]. Compilation of spells and talismans which seem to be used in the ritual. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 24 folios.
External cover title and title of the first text: 玉皇下卷 [yuhuang xiajuan]. A scripture used in the ritual, seeking grace from Yuhuang (Jade emperor). Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 34 folios.
Title of the first text: 血湖經 救苦經大部 [xuehujing jiukujing dabu ]. External cover title: 血湖經 救苦經 [xuehu jing jiuku jing ]. A scripture about the function and the merit of the three pools of blood, and the scripture of Jiuku tianzun (Lord of Salvation) is to protect all the ancestors and the dead....
External cover title and title of the first text: 太上尊典經書中卷 [taishang zundian jingshu zhongjuan ]. A comprehensive collection of around twelve scriptures, and some records of some spells and talismans. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 56 folios. Date(s) claimed in the manusc...