Title of the first text: 壹冊邙(亡)秘金語全本 [yice wangmi jinyu quanben]. External cover title: 一冊邙(亡)秘金語 [yice mangmi jinyu]. Instructions about various details in the retreat for the deceased and the ceremony in the funeral. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 太歲壬寅年九月十五日完筆. Calendar note: Stem-bran...
Title of the first text: 清醮秘語 [qingjiao miyu]. External cover title: 清醮秘蜜一部 [qingjiao mimi yibu]. 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 195 folios. Date(s) c...
Title of the first text: 茭龍科破獄科共一本 [jiaolong ke poyu ke gongyiben]. External cover title: 茭龍破獄科 [jiaolong poyu ke]. Compilation of two texts: Jiaolong and Poyu. Jiaolong: Instructions to send the messenger dragon to the Purgatory to wake up the dead and let them know that the secondary death r...
Title of the first text: 一本喃靈科 [yiben nanling ke]. External cover title: 一本大部喃靈科 [yiben dabu nanling ke]. Instructions to lead the Keau Hu Man to bring the particular dead – by names - from the Purgatory to the ceremony/house. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 太歲戊子年四月初二日午時. Calendar note: S...
Title of the first text: 清醮宿啟科 設醮在尾 [qingjiao suqi ke shejiao zaiwei]. External cover title: 清醮宿啟科 [qingjiao suqi ke]. Compilation of two texts: suqi and shejiao. Suqi: Ceremony to announce various gods in advance (namely Suqi), as a preparation period of the whole ritual; Shejiao: Ceremony to...
External cover title and title of the first text: 一本二宮科 [yiben ergong ke]. Ceremony to hold a lamp ritual, mainly aiming at the Dipper gods, ensuring the fortune and longevitiy of the host. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 42 folios.
External cover title and title of the first text: 按龍神(伸)斗秘語 [anlong shendou miyu]. Miscellaneous instructions about details of the ritual and the ceremony in the funeral. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 72 folios.
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: 百解秘語 [baijie miyu]. Miscellaneous instructions about exorcist skills, therapist skills and other magics. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume ...
External cover title and title of the first text: 授械(戒)川光科 [shoujie chuanguang ke]. Initiation ritual for the ordination of the new Daoist disciple. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 58 folios. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 太歲壬子年四月廿六日戌時. Two plausible dates: 1912/1972.
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: [百解秘語] [[baijie miyu]]. Baijie: Miscellaneous instructions about exorcist skills, therapist skills and other magics. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 11...