External cover title: 一本集謝秘語 [yiben jixie miyu]. Instructions about acknowledging the grace from the gods. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 甲子歲次七月十四抄完. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Three plausible dates: 1804 / 1864. Extent and format of original material: 1 volum...
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: 救患秘語 [jiuhuan miyu]. Miscellaneous instructions of exorcistic healing rituals and visualization practices. Extent and format of original material: 1 volum...
External cover title: 百解秘 [baijie mi]. Miscellaneous instructions about exorcistic healing rituals. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 26 folios.
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: [中國傳統俗語合集] [[zhongguo chuantong suyu heji]]. Collection of Chinese traditional sayings. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 46 folios. Date(s) claimed in ...
External cover title: 一本命請秘語 [yiben mingqing miyu]. Libretto about many love stories. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 甲寅年六月二十一日. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Three plausible dates: 1794 / 1854. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 134 folios.
Title of the first text: 一本天師戒度科 [yiben tianshi jiedu ke]. External cover title: 一本披簪科 [yiben pizan ke]. Instructions to teach the boy. Moral rules to follow in order to behave like a gentleman/scholar. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 76 folios. Date(s) claimed in the man...
Title of the first text: 大南靈科 [da nanling ke]. External cover title: 大斎南靈 [dazhai nanling]. Instructions to lead the Keau Hu Man to bring the particular dead – by names - from the Purgatory to the ceremony/house. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 120 folios. Date(s) claimed...
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 救患科 [Jiuhuan ke]. The story of all the deities. It is chanted to invite the deities into the house/altar: It serves to announce them to the public and to call them to join ...
External cover title and title of the first text: 十方懺悔 [shifang chanhui]. Ceremony for releasing the souls from suffering and leaving the living people Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 32 folios.
Title of the first text: 判座科 [panzuo ke ]. External cover title: 帝母半(判)座科 [dimu panzuo ke]. The description of the work of Tai Mu and her servants. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 民國二十一年辛未歲啟壬申歲終. Calendar note: Started and completed in different years. Extent and format of original mater...