External cover title and title of the first text: 清燈葷筵同一本 [qingdeng hunyan tongyiben]. Instructions to arrange and perform a ritual of offering lights and food dedicated to the gods. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 天運太歲癸未歲巳月甲戌腨甲戌旬越至丙子日巳時. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cyc...
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. ...
External cover title and title of the first text: 一本化依科 [yiben huayi ke ]. Ceremony to make clothes for the ancestors, especially for the new/recent ancestors. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 天運太歲壬午年戊寅腨甲午旬越至癸卯日. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Two plausible dates: 18...
Title of the first text: 雜謝科 [zaxie ke ]. External cover title: 一本雜謝雷境水科 [yiben zaxie leijingshui ke]. Healing ceremony for the Deities of the Hunters, the Lord of Thunder, and the Deities of the River, etc. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 天運太歲丁亥年未月巳酉腨甲寅旬越至甲寅日. Calendar note: Stem-branche...
External cover title and title of the first text: 度人道場科 [duren daochang ke]. Instructions for cleansing the body of the novice (cleanse the past mistakes) and taking three refuges. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 太歲庚午年五月二十三日. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Two plaus...
External cover title and title of the first text: 授械(戒)秘語 [shoujie miyu ]. Miscellaneous instructions of Initiation ritual for the ordination of the new Daoist disciple. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 天運太歲丁酉年晨月甲申旬甲寅腨至丙戌日. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Two plausibl...
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 迓王科 [Yawang ke]. Instructions to organize the food for the dead in the Purgatory. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 62 folios.
Title of the first text: 迓王科 [yawang ke ]. External cover title: 壹本迓王科 [yiben yawang ke ]. Instructions to organize the food for the dead in the Purgatory. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 太歲戊午年六月初五日完. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Two plausible dates: 1918 / 1978....
External cover title and title of the first text: 一本迓王科 [yiben yawang ke ]. Instructions to organize the food for the dead in the Purgatory. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 太歲庚戌年八月十三日未時完畢. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Two plausible dates: 1910 / 1970. Extent and ...
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: 壹本百解秘語 [yiben baijie miyu ]. Miscellaneous instructions about exorcist skills, therapist skills and other magics. Extent and format of original material: ...