This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 清醮秘語一本 [Qingjiao miyu yiben]. Magic to transform the altars into ritual payments of gold-silver-cash, house, rice field, garden, fruit trees, livestock, and food. These pay...
Title of the first text: 延生救苦宿啟 [yansheng jiuku suqi]. External cover title: 延生救苦宿啟科 [yansheng jiuku suqi ke]. Ceremony with a standard structure as a Taoist retreat, including three audiences in a day, ensuring the longevity of the host. Ceremony to ensure the salvation of the newly deceased....
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 伸斗告良科 [Shendou gaoliang ke]. First ceremony for the ‘old people' (in their forties). Basic ceremony to introduce them to the Deities of the Elders (Lanten: Tao Man). Custo...
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 斎會設醮科 [Zhaihui shuojiao ke]. Ceremony to make offerings for the gods, for the sake of the deceased. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original m...
External cover title and title of the first text: 戒度科終 天師法簽 三法大道師 [jieduke zhong tianshi faqian san fa dadao shi]. Initial ordination ceremony for the young disciple. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 57 folios. Chinese era name (regna...
Title of the first text: 救苦延生 演朝科一冊 [jiuku yansheng yanchao ke yice]. External cover title: 演朝科 [yanchao ke]. Ceremony to hold three audiences to the gods in one day. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 52 folios. Chinese era name (regn...
