External cover title: 延生貢王救苦宿啟科共一本 [yansheng gongwang jiuku suqi ke gongyiben ]. Ceremony to announce various gods in advance (namely Suqi), as a preparation period of the whole ritual. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 太歲壬戌年六月中旬十六日申時完畢. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle:...
External cover title: 通用神目同一本 [tongyong shenmu tongyiben ]. Instructions to invite all spirits to join the ceremony. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 96 folios.
External cover title: 一本伸斗科 [yiben shendou ke ]. Ceremony for the ‘old people’. Basic ceremony to introduce them to the deities of the elders. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 太歲庚辰年八月初二日辰時抄完. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Two plausible dates: 1940 / 2000. Extent an...
External cover title: 齋醮神目科 [zhaijiao shenmu ke ]. Instructions to invite all spirits to join the ceremony. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 60 folios.
External cover title: 一本笠旛茭簡破獄科共本 [yiben lifan jiaojian poyu ke gongben ]. Instructions to break the Gates of Purgatory. Send the Five Armies and Keau Hu Man to attack the underworld and collect the dead. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 太歲庚辰年六月二十一日未時抄完. Calendar note: Stem-branches system ...
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 萬載雜良通書 [Wanzai zaliang tongshu]. A manual of the Chinese sexagesimal stem-branches system, constellation system, auspicious day and so on. Extent and format of original ma...
External cover title: 一本醮関告科在頭 齋怗簡在尾 [yiben zhai guangao ke zai tou zhai zhanjian zaiwei ]. Text with instructions to open the ceremony. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 太歲壬戌年六月十九日午時終畢(太歲庚年辰八月十三日到十六日午時抄出完). Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Two plausible dates: 1922 / 1...
Title of the first text: 大部南靈 [dabu nanling ]. External cover title: 壹本大部南靈科 [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. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 120 folios. Date...
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 道範科 [Daofan ke]. Basic book for the novice to study. He may really start studying in real life if he wants to become a ritual expert. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 太歲...