Title of the first text: 大喃靈科 [da nanling ke]. External cover title: 大部喃靈科 [dabu nanling ke]. 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 92 folios. Date(s) claime...
External cover title and title of the first text: 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 64 folios. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 三六年中華(太歲丁亥年九月初五日辰時).
External cover title and title of the first text: 一本貢王救苦設醮科 [yiben gongwang jiuku shejiao ke]. Ceremony to hold an offering for the gods, and to send up a petition to heaven, ensuring the fortune of the host. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 天子太歲戊寅年七月癸丑腨甲寅旬越至癸亥日. Calendar note: Stem-branche...
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: 壹本帝母盤古小橋台科 [yiben dimu pangu xiaoqiaotai ke ]. Librettos about the merits to hold retreats, including the description of the work "flowers" of Tai Mu and i...
Title of the first text: 一本茭簡破獄科 [yiben jiaojian poyu ke]. External cover title: 交簡破獄科 [jiaojian poyu ke]. Compilation of two texts: Jiaojian and Poyu. Jiaojian: Instructions to send the messenger dragon to the Purgatory to wake up the dead and let them know that the secondary death ritual is ...
External cover title and title of the first text: 一本神目科 [yiben shenmu ke]. Instructions to invite all spirits to join the ceremony. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 太歲己酉年六月二十六日. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Two plausible dates: 1909 / 1969. Extent and format of or...
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: [受戒秘語] [[shoujie miyu]]. Instructions about the guide of the Daoist discples. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 32 folios. Date(s) claimed in the manusc...
This manuscript has no internal cover title for the first text. The given title is for the title on the outer cover. Instructions to “open the forest” so a new village can be built. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 太歲庚辰年四月下. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Two plausib...
Title of the first text: 壹本請燈?延書 [yiben qingeng ?yan shu]. External cover title: 師意請燈書延 [shiyi qingdeng shuyan ]. Ceremony for Daoists to offering the lights to deities to attain merits. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 162 folios.
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: 一本安龍 [yiben anlong]. Ceremony to fix and improve the cemetery for the ancestors. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 106 folios. Date(s) ...