This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 一本諸神醮謝 [Yiben zhushen jiaoxie]. Instructions to invite all spirits to join the ceremony and worship them. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 64 folios.
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 諸榜疏語 [Zhubang shuyu]. Instructions to praise and invite various gods to join the ceremony. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 136 folios. Date(s) claimed...
External cover title and title of the first text: 一本迓王科 [yiben yawang ke ]. Instructions to organize the food for the dead in the Purgatory. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 80 folios. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 乙丑年正月初十日完.
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 開昇二度式 [Kaisheng erdu shi]. Instructions about leading the soul to the heaven, including various spells to ensure the salvation of the deceased and ensure they can never ret...
External cover title and title of the first text: 開山科 [kaishan ke]. Instructions to "open the forest" so a new village can be built. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 280 folios. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 天子元年庚寅歲夏月.
Title of the first text: 聖母解関科 [shengmu jieguan ke]. External cover title: 一本解関科 [yiben jieguan ke]. Special instructions to treat skin diseases suffered by children. The book contains techinical and ritual instructions to heal the children. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of...
External cover title and title of the first text: 清醮宿啟科 [qingjiao suqi ke]. Ceremony to announce the gods in advance (namely Suqi) as the preparation period of the ritual for the longevity of the hosts. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 天子戍午年五十七日抄完. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-...
External cover title and title of the first text: 伸斗科 [shendou ke]. First ceremony for the ‘old people’ (in their forties). Basic ceremony to introduce them to Tao Man the Deities of the Elders. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 太歲甲午年則鐘月念日抄完. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years c...
External cover title and title of the first text: 半(判)座科 [panzuo ke ] [Early summer 1889]. The description of the work "flowers" of Tai Mu and instructions to build an ‘earth bridge’ for Tei Mu [Early summer 1889]. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 130 folios [Early summer 18...
External cover title and title of the first text: 師授戒川光科 [shishoujie chuanguang ke]. Initiation ritual for the ordination of the new Daoist disciple. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 58 folios. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 光緒元年巳亥歲夷則月上望日抄完.