External cover title: 一本齋醮宿啟科 [yiben zhaijiao suqi ke]. The magic to make the deities to be born into this world. The priest is the mother; he becomes Tjong Zheang Gee the Mother of the All the Living Creatures the Living Creatures. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 52 folios.
External cover title: 一本演朝科 [yiben yanchao ke]. Ceremony to make audiences with the gods. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 60 folios.
External cover title: 一本婚恩 [yiben hun’en]. Miscellaneous instructions about exorcistic healing rituals for marital problems. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 辛亥年十一月十八日抄. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Two plausible dates: 1851 / 1911. Extent and format of original m...
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 一本男女秋蓮敬相打用 [Yiben nannv qiulian jingxiang dayong]. Antiphonal singing lyrics Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 癸酉年七月十三日完筆. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-year...
External cover title: 一本會聖淨壇科 [yiben huisheng jingtan ke ]. Huisheng: Text to open the ceremony. Jingtan: Instructions to cleanse the altars in the house (‘clean the office for the deities’). They make the spirit side of the altars clean and beautiful Extent and format of original material: 1 ...
Title of the first text: 道師受戒法 [daoshi shoujie fa]. External cover title: 天機秘語 道師受戒 [tianji miyu daoshi shoujie]. Magic for the ordination of disciple. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 58 folios. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 咸豐四年三月吉日抄完.
Title of the first text: 救苦清醮貢王延生宿啟科 [jiuku qingjiao gongwang yansheng suqi ke]. External cover title: 醮宿啟科 [jiao suqi ke ]. The magic to make the deities to be born into this world (a magic book arranges their conception). The priest is the mother, he becomes Tjong Zheang Gee the Mother of th...
External cover title: 一本伸斗科 [yiben 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: 甲午年八月二十五日. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Two plausible da...
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 接聖盤皇唱 [Jiesheng panhuang chang]. Librettos about the merits to hold retreats. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 50 folios. Date(s) claimed in the manusc...
Title of the first text: 一本小百解滅債共壺花秘語 [yiben xiaobaijie miezhai gonghuhua miyu]. External cover title: 一本小百解秘語 [yiben xiaobaijie]. Miscellaneous instructions about exorcist healing rituals. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 庚申歲正月二十七日. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: T...