External cover title and title of the first text: 一本授械(戒)川光科 [yiben shoujie chuanguang ke]. Initiation ritual for the ordination of the new Daoist disciple. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 太歲丙辰年五月十五日. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Two plausible dates: 1916 / 1976. ...
Title of the first text: 師公書式 [shigongshushi]. External cover title: 師公式 [shigongshi]. Miscellaneous manual used by Daoist "Shigong". Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 132 folios. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 咸豐壬子年二月中旬.
External cover title and title of the first text: 一本大齋良緣秘語 [yiben dazhai liangyuan miyu]. Miscellaneous instructions about different kinds of rituals. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 天運太歲壬子年夷則月壬午腨甲戌旬越至癸未日午時. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Two plausible dates: 1912 /...
Title of the first text: 壹本日午燈筵安龍化衣(依)秘語 [yiben riwu dengyan anlong huayi miyu]. External cover title: 日午燈筵謝墓安龍化衣(依) [riwu dengyan xiemu anlong huayi]. Compilation of several texts: riwu dengyan, anlong and huayi. Riwu dengyan: Chanting to invite the deities into the house/altar; Anlong: Instr...
Title of the first text: 又滅天炎痘紅痢白痢之法 [you mietian yandou hongli baili zhifa ]. External cover title: 又論大整村滅炎痘紅痢白痢法 [youlun dazhengcun mie yandou hongli baili fa]. Miscellaneous instructions about dealing with diseases, including acne, "hongli" and "baili". Extent and format of original materi...
Title of the first text: 大齋先天秘語一部 [dazhai xiantian miyu yibu]. External cover title: 清醮大齋秘語 [qingjiao dazhai miyu ]. Magic to transform the altars into ritual payments which are aimed to the deities invited to occupy seats in the altars. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 202...
Title of the first text: 一本雜謝秘語 [yiben zaxie miyu]. External cover title: 諸雜謝秘一本 [zhuza xiemi yiben]. Instructions about the ceremony in the ritual of offering. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 太歲甲申年九月廿五日申時. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Two plausible dates: 1824 /...
Title of the first text: 一冊取駺秘 [yice quliang mi]. External cover title: 一本集秘金語 [yiben jimi jinyu]. Miscellaneous instructions about exorcist skills, therapist skills and other magics. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 太歲乙巳年六月上旬初酉日午時. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Tw...
Title of the first text: 大治邙(亡)玉皇清醮秘語 [da zhiwang yuhuang qingjiao miyu]. External cover title: 一本大治亡秘語 [yiben da zhiwang miyu ]. Instructions about various details in the retreat for the deceased and the ceremony in the funeral. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 天運太歲甲子年五月乙亥腨甲申旬越至丁亥日. Calen...
Title of the first text: 送終三值秘語一本 [songzong sanzhi miyu yiben]. External cover title: 送終秘語一本 [songzhong miyu yiben]. Instructions about details in the retreat for the deceased and the ceremony in the funeral. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 154 folios. Date(s) claimed in ...