External cover title and title of the first text: 半(判)座科 [panzuo ke ]. The description of the work of Tai Mu. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 太歲甲午年十二月三十日寫完. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Two plausible dates: 1894 / 1954. Extent and format of original material: 1 v...
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 招兵科 [Zhaobing ke]. Instructions to arrange and perform siu paeng a healing/exorcist ritual. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 太歲甲午年底畢. Calendar note: Stem-branches syste...
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: 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...
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 一本小南靈科 [Yiben xiao nanling ke]. Ceremony for the offspring to see off the deceased, with a long scenario. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 太歲甲午年八月十三日酉時抄筆. Calendar note...
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 上卷南靈 [Shangjuan 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 ori...
Title of the first text: 関告會聖敕壇淨 [guangao huisheng chitan jing ]. External cover title: 一本齋醮敕壇関告會聖淨壇科 [yiben zhaijiao chitan guangao huisheng jingtan ke ]. Text to open the ceremony. The Tham Teang ‘original priests’ go to collect the money from the Three Celestial Banks. Extent and format of...
Title of the first text: 齋引朝科 [zhai yinzhao ke]. External cover title: 一本齋醮引朝科 [yiben zhaijiao yinzhao ke ]. Instructions about holding the audiences with the gods. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 太歲乙未年二月初四底畢. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Two plausible dates: 189...
Title of the first text: 設醮飛章科 [shejiao feizhang ke]. External cover title: 說醮飛章科 [shuojiao feizhang ke ]. Ceremony to set up the altar, hold an offering for the gods, and to send up a petition to heaven, ensuring the fortune of the host. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 68...
External cover title and title of the first text: 宿啟科 [suqi ke ]. Ceremony to announce various gods in advance (namely Suqi), as a preparation period of the whole ritual. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 太歲乙未年正月初八底畢. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Two plausible dates...
External cover title and title of the first text: 安龍科 [anlong ke ]. Ceremony to fix and improve the cemetery for the ancestors. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 太歲丙申年底畢. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Two plausible dates: 1896 / 1956. Extent and format of original m...