Title of the first text: 伸斗科壹本 [shendou ke yiben]. External cover title: 伸斗科 [shendou ke ]. Ceremony for the ‘old people’. Basic ceremony to introduce them to the deities of the elders. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 50 folios. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 太清緒光(光緒)...
Title of the first text: 壹本延生関告敕壇 [yben yansheng guangao chitan]. External cover title: 壹本敕壇符吏科 [yiben chitan fuli ke ]. Text to open ceremony and set up the altar. Then the ceremony with a standard structure as a Daoist retreat, ensuring the longevity of the host. Extent and format of origin...
Title of the first text: 救患秘語 [juhuan miyu]. External cover title: 救患秘語壹本 [jihuan miyuyiben ]. Miscellaneous instructions of exorcistic healing rituals and visualization practices. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 74 folios. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 大清光緒十一年乙酉歲夷則月...
Title of the first text: 清醮法一本 [qingjiaofa yiben]. External cover title: 清醮秘語 [qingjiao miyu ]. Magic to transform the altars into ritual payments which are aimed to the deities invited to occupy seats in the altars. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 106 folios. Date(s) cla...
Title of the first text: 壹冊邙秘天機金語 [yice wangmi tianji jinyu ]. External cover title: 壹冊邙秘金語全本 [yice wangmi jinyu quanben ]. Instructions about various details in the retreat for the deceased and the ceremony in the funeral. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 太歲辛未年十月廿四未時完筆. Calendar note: Ste...
Title of the first text: 安龍伸斗燈筵解冤天機秘語 [anlong shendou dengyan jieyuan tianji miyu ]. External cover title: 一本安龍燈筵天機秘語 [yiben anlong dengyan tianji miyu ]. Magic to send the dragons to fix the graves in the cemetery and to protect the graves; Librettos for use in the rituals for summoning the g...
Title of the first text: 重新集小百解秘語 [congxinji xiao baijie miyu ]. External cover title: 重集小百解秘語 [chongji xiao baijie miyu ]. Instructions about various magic for protection against disasters threatening the local community, and other exorcistic healing rituals. Date(s) claimed in the manuscrip...
Title of the first text: 開山科壹冊 [kaishanke yice ]. External cover title: 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 120 folios. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 眾(中)華民國三十年辛巳歲林鐘閏月上旬抽完.
Title of the first text: 招兵科一本 [zhaobing ke yiben ]. External cover title: 招兵科 [zhaobing ke ]. Instructions to arrange and perform a healing/exorcist. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 92 folios. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 民國三十年辛巳歲六月旬日抽完.
Title of the first text: 一本二宮科 [yiben ergong ke]. External cover title: 一本二三宮科 [yiben ersangong ke ]. Ceremony to hold a lamp ritual, mainly aiming at the Dipper gods, ensuring the fortune and longevitiy of the host. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 太歲甲午年正二十七日完. Calendar note: Stem-branche...