External cover title and title of the first text: 一本大部南靈科 [yiben dabu nanling ke ]. Instructions to lead the Keau Hu Man to bring the particular dead – by names - from the Purgatory to the ceremony/house. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 太歲癸巳年六月廿三日. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60...
Title of the first text: 大部上卷南靈 [dabu shangjuan nanling ]. External cover title: 大部上卷南靈 迓王科 [dabu shangjuan nanling yawang ke ]. Instructions to lead the Keau Hu Man to bring the particular dead – by names - from the Purgatory to the ceremony/house; Instructions to organize the food for the de...
External cover title: 龍重 交簡 迓王 煉度科 [longzhong jiaojian yawang liandu ke ]. Instructions to break the Gates of Purgatory.Yawang: Instructions to organize the food for the dead in the Purgatory.Liandu: Instructions to purify the bodies of the ancestors once they have rescued from the Purgatory du...
External cover title: 小化依小南靈科同壹冊 [xiao huayi xiao nanling ke gongyice]. Ceremony for the offspring to see off the deceased, with a long scenario. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 太歲戊寅年三月初五日抽首. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Two plausible dates: 1938 / 1998. Extent a...
Title of the first text: 延生土府貢王救苦神目科一本 [yansheng tufu gongwang jiuku shenmu ke yiben]. External cover title: 一本神目科 [yiben shenmu ke ]. Instructions to invite all spirits to join the ceremony, then the ceremony with a standard structure as a Daoist retreat, ensuring the longevity of the host. ...
External cover title: 一本按龍科 [yiben anlong ke ]. Ceremony to fix and improve the cemetery for the ancestors. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 86 folios.
Title of the first text: 說醮騰墇科送聖 [shuojiao tengzhang ke songsheng]. External cover title: 一本說醮飛墇(章)科 送聖 [yiben shuojiao feizhang ke songsheng ]. Ceremony to hold an offering for the gods, and to send up a petition to heaven, ensuring the fortune of the host; and offering flowers and wine, etc....
Title of the first text: 関告 會聖 敕壇 宿啟 說醮 三獻共本 [guangao huisheng chitan suqi shuojiao sanxian gongben ]. External cover title: 関告 會聖 敕壇 宿啟 說醮 三獻同本書科 [guangao huisheng chitan suqi shuojiao sanxian tongben shuke]. Text to open the ceremony. The Tham Teang ‘original priests’ go to collect the money...
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...
External cover title: 一本演朝 [yiben yanzhao ]. Ceremony to hold an audience with the gods, for the sake of the deceased; including morning and noon audiances. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 太歲戊子年三月初十二(太歲癸巳年二月十三日)2008. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Two plausible date...