Title of the first text: 太上洞玄靈寶玉皇本行集 [taishang dongxuan lingbao yuhuang benhangji ]. External cover title: 玉皇經上卷 [yuhuangjing shang juan ]. A scripture used in the ritual, seeking grace from Yuhuang (Jade emperor). Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 80 folios. Date(s) claime...
External cover title: 一本師意科 [yiben shiyi ke ]. Instruction for the ceremonies about invite the deities to be informed about the happenings in the household (and the village). Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 甲子年六月廿六日完畢. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Two plausible da...
External cover title: 一本救患按龍秘語 [yiben jiuhuan anlong miyu ]. Miscellaneous instructions of exorcistic healing rituals and visualization practices; Magic to send the dragons to fix the graves in the cemetery and to protect the graves. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 150 foli...
Title of the first text: 正戒師傅李勝員給付除煞秘典弟子李勝傳 [zhengjie shifu li shengyuan jifu chusha midian dizi li shengchuan]. External cover title: 壹本除煞秘語 [yichen chusha miyu ]. Instructions to dispel evil spirits or disaster. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 26 folios. Date(s) claimed...
Title of the first text: 接聖大獻 [jiesheng daxian]. External cover title: 接聖大獻科 [jiesheng daxian ke ]. Instruction to direct all Celestial deities invited to the ceremony to occupy their seats at the main altar and provide an offering for the gods, with a common form. Date(s) claimed in the manu...
Title of the first text: 一本救患科 [yiben jiuhuan ke]. External cover title: 壹本救患科 [yiben 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 ...
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...
Title of the first text: 一本度亡喪家秘語 [yben duwang sangjia miyu ]. External cover title: 一本道家喪塲秘語 [yiben daojia sangshang miyu ]. Instructions about details in the retreat for the deceased and the ceremony in the funeral. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 140 folios. Date(s) cl...
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...