External cover title and title of the first text: 百解秘語 [baijie miyu]. Miscellaneous instructions aboutexorcistic healing rituals. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 52 folios. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 光緒十四年五月二十九日抄完.
Title of the first text: 大南靈科 [da nanling ke]. External cover title: 大斎南靈 [dazhai nanling]. 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 120 folios. Date(s) claimed...
External cover title and title of the first text: 十方懺悔 [shifang chanhui]. Ceremony for releasing the souls from suffering and leaving the living people Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 32 folios.
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 齋亡治冤 [Zhaiwang zhiyuan]. Instructions about various details in the retreat for the deceased and the ceremony in the funeral. Extent and format of original material: 1 volu...
External cover title and title of the first text: 一本小南靈科 [yiben xiaonanling ke ]. Ceremony for seeing off the newly deceased. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 丙辰年七月十五日抄. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Two plausible dates: 1856 / 1916. Extent and format of original m...
External cover title and title of the first text: 玉皇中卷經 [yuhuang zhongjuan jing]. Ceremony to provide three offerings for Yuhuang (Jade Emperor) in one day. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 50 folios. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 乾隆六十一年七月啟抄.
External cover title and title of the first text: 一本玉皇經上卷 [yiben yuhuangjing shangjuan]. Ceremony to provide three offerings for Yuhuang (Jade Emperor) in one day. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 甲寅年七月二十九日完筆. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Two plausible dates: 1794 ...
External cover title and title of the first text: 小南靈科壹本 [xiaonanling ke yiben]. Ceremony for seeing off the newly deceased. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 32 folios. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 咸豐四年甲寅歲八月十六日抄完.
External cover title and title of the first text: 會聖敕壇三宮共一本科 [huisheng chitan sangong gongyiben ke]. Compilation of three texts: Huisheng, Chitan and Sangong. Huisheng: Text to open the ceremony. Chitan: Instructions to collect the 10 Bad Spirits. Sangong: Instructions to introduce the patient ...
External cover title and title of the first text: 一本齋醮神目科 [yiben zhaijiao shenmu ke]. Instructions to invite all spirits to join the ceremony. Includes the Ten Magistrates of the Purgatory, the Deities of the Heat, etc. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 84 folios. Date(s) cl...