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 ...
External cover title and title of the first text: 開山科 [kaishan ke ]. Instructions to “open the forest” so a new village can be built. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 太歲甲午年十一月初十日寫完. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Two plausible dates: 1894 / 1954. Extent and format o...
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 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...
