Title of the first text: 道門諸榜語 [daomen zhubang yu]. External cover title: 道門諸榜式 [daomen zhubangshi]. Instructions to invite all spirits to join the ceremony and worship them. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 94 folios. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 嘉慶甲戌年二月二十八日.
External cover title: 一本清醮密語 [yiben qingjiao miyu]. Magic to make the altars into gold-silver-cash, house, rice field, garden, fruit trees, livestock, and food. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 甲午年七月中旬錄. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Two plausible dates: 1894 / 1954...
External cover title and title of the first text: 金章經一本 [yinzhangjing yiben]. Manuscript of the Daoist scripture Taishanglaojun Shuo Wudou Jinzhang Shousheng Miaojing. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 24 folios. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 光緒十九年癸巳歲雷分望二十抄.
Title of the first text: 玉皇經卷下 [yuhuang jing juanxia]. External cover title: 玉皇經 [yuhuang jing]. Ceremony to provide three offerings for Yuhuang (Jade Emperor) in one day. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 40 folios. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 光緒十九年癸巳歲雷分朔六抄完筆.
Title of the first text: 度人道場科 [duren daochang ke ]. External cover title: 度人道場經 [duren daochang jing]. Instructions to cleansing the body of the novice (cleanse the past mistakes). A purification ritual so he can start the ritual ‘cleansed.’ Extent and format of original material: 1 volume o...
External cover title: 一本書科 [yiben shu ke ]. Compilation of three texts: Guangao, Huisheng and Chitan. Guangao: Text to open the ceremony. Huisheng: Text to open the ceremony. Chitan: Instructions to collect the 10 Bad Spirits. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 70 folios.
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 一本按龍秘語 [Yiben anlong miyu]. Magic to send the dragons to fix the graves in the cemetery and to protect the graves. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 癸未年. Calendar note: ...
Title of the first text: 一本救患科 [yiben jiuhuan ke]. External cover title: 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 the ceremony at the same time. “This is you, thi...
External cover title: 一本說醮科 [yiben shuojiao ke ]. Magic to make the altars into gold-silver-cash, house, rice field, garden, fruit trees, livestock, and food. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 庚戌歲十月十五日完筆. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Two plausible dates: 1850 / 1910...
Title of the first text: 初真科 [chuzhen ke]. External cover title: 一本初真科受戒開經壇 [yiben chuzhen ke shoujie kaijingtan ]. Opening ceremony of the small altar for the disciple. Inform the spirits and invite the Deities of the Ritual Experts. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 58 fol...