External cover title and title of the first text: 一本朝天科 [yiben chaotian ke ]. Ceremony to make confession to heaven. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 天運太歲壬戌年六月乙卯腨甲寅旬越至子丑日申時. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Two plausible dates: 1922 / 1982. Extent and format of origin...
Title of the first text: 土府延生三時科 [tufu yansheng sanshi ke ]. External cover title: 單時科 [danshi ke ]. Ceremony to hold audiences with the gods from the heavens, ensuring the longevity of the host. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 24 folios. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript...
External cover title and title of the first text: 讚車材樓科 [zan che cailou ke ]. Instructions to build and open the eyes of the house and car of the Ancestors for the secondary death ritual. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 68 folios. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 乙未歲卯月乙未...
Title of the first text: 宿啟科 [suqi ke ]. External cover title: 宿啟科 [suqi ke ]. Ceremony to announce various gods in advance (namely Suqi), as a preparation period of the whole ritual. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 42 folios. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 二千十五年甲午歲十二...
External cover title and title of the first text: 設醮飛章科 [shejiao feizhang ke ]. Ceremony to 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 88 folios. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 乙...
External cover title and title of the first text: 神目科 [shenmu ke ]. Instructions to invite all spirits to join the ceremony. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 32 folios. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 二千十四年甲午歲丙子月丁卯腨甲戌旬越至庚辰日.
Title of the first text: 大部南靈科 [dabu nanling ke ]. External cover title: 南靈科 [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 102 folios. Date(s) claimed...
Title of the first text: 壹本合婚書 [yiben hehun shu ]. External cover title: 合婚在頭 鄉舉日在尾同壹本 [hehun zai tou xiangju ri zaiwei tongyiben]. Manual about the horoscope of humans and the fortune of married couples. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 太歲乙酉年月己未腨甲寅旬子月己巳日. Calendar note: Stem-branches syst...
Title of the first text: 度煉科 [dulian ke ]. External cover title: 煉度科 [liandu ke ]. Instructions to purify the bodies of the ancestors once they have rescued from the Purgatory during the death ritual. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 42 folios. Date(s) claimed in the manus...
Title of the first text: 一本保苗秘語 [yiben baomiao miyu ]. External cover title: 一本境諸名法 治山塲整村秘 [yiben jingzhu mingfa zhi shanshang zhengcun mi ]. Magic for the planting the rice ceremony ai song. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 26 folios. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 天運...