External cover title: 南相會聖科 [nanxiang huisheng ke ]. Compilation of two texts: nanxiang and huisheng. Nanxiang: Ceremony to hold an audience with the gods; Huisheng: Text to open the ceremony. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 26 folios.
Title of the first text: 羅家宗枝書 [luojia zongzhi shu]. External cover title: 羅家宗枝存在書 [luojia zongzhi cunzaishu]. Record the birth of the Luo’s descendants. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 太歲辛酉年七月廿九日亥時. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Two plausible dates: 1921 / 1981. ...
Title of the first text: 英臺古啟 [yingtai guqi]. External cover title: 一本英臺古 [yiben yingtai gu]. The description of life and stories about Yingtai. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 太歲壬午年七月十二日午時. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Two plausible dates: 1882 / 1942. Extent a...
Title of the first text: 荅經㧗默咒受戒用 [dajing zimo zhou shoujie yong]. External cover title: 荅經㧗 [dajing zi]. A manual about scriptures, spells and other magics for Daoist disciples. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 太歲丁酉年夷則月十八. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Two plausib...
Title of the first text: 壹本合婚書 [yiben hehun shu ]. External cover title: 合婚在頭 鄉舉日在尾同壹本 [hehun zai tou xiangju ri zaiwei tongyiben]. Manual about the horoscope of humans and the fortune of married couples. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 太歲乙酉年月己未腨甲寅旬子月己巳日. Calendar note: Stem-branches syst...
Title of the first text: 帝母大會洪供恩秘語壹本 [dimu dahui honggongen miyu yiben ]. External cover title: 大會洪恩秘語 [dahui hongen miyu ]. Magic to clean the land and recreate a new world after the flood. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 134 folios. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 光緒...
External cover title: 一本救患日午秘 [yiben jiuhuan riwu mi ]. Miscellaneous instructions of exorcistic healing rituals and visualization practices. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 太歲甲戌年. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Two plausible dates: 1814 / 1874. Extent and format o...
Title of the first text: 安龍伸斗秘語 [anlong shendou miyu ]. External cover title: 伸斗安龍解冤秘壹本 [shendou anlong jieyuan mi yiben ]. Magic to send the dragons to fix the graves in the cemetery and to protect the graves. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 92 folios. Date(s) claimed in...
External cover title: 壹本齋亡秘語法戔科 [yiben zhaiwang miyu fajian ke ]. Instruction of the ritual about the dead or ancestors, including attacking the hell, resolving the mistakes and other rituals. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 太歲甲子年八月初一日申時完畢. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years c...
External cover title: 一本盤皇接聖科 [yiben panhuang jiesheng ke ]. Instruction to direct all Celestial deities invited to the ceremony to occupy their seats at the main altar. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 太歲甲寅年八月十六日未時完畢. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Two plausible dat...