External cover title: 黃泉秘語 [huangquan miyu]. Miscellaneous instructions about exorcistic healing rituals and some for the salvation of the deceased. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 乙卯年十一月二十五日. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Two plausible dates: 1915 / 1975. Extent ...
External cover title: 一本道範科 [yiben daofan ke]. Basic book for the novice to study. He may really start studying in real life if he wants to become a ritual expert. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 丁酉年九月立披. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Two plausible dates: 1777 / 18...
Title of the first text: 道家齋醮秘語一本 [daojia zhaijiao miyu yiben ]. External cover title: 救苦盟真演朝科 [jiuku mengzhen yanchao ke ]. Ceremony to make audiences with the gods. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 144 folios. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 嘉慶十八年癸酉歲次辰月朔七日抄畢.
Title of the first text: 壹本日午求花秘語 [yiben riwu qiuhua miyu ]. External cover title: 天機秘密日午救患求花 [tianji mimi riwu jiuhuan qiuhua]. The story of all the deities. It is chanted to invite the deities into the house/altar: It serves to announce them to the public and to call them to join the ceremon...
Title of the first text: 初真秘語早脫使用 [chuzhen miyu zaotuo shiyong]. External cover title: 初真秘語 [chuzhen miyu]. Opening ceremony of the small altar for the disciple. Inform the spirits and invite the Deities of the Ritual Experts. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 甲申年. Calendar note: Stem-branc...
External cover title: 一本師意科 [yiben shiyi ke ]. Instructions about providing offerings for the gods. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 丁亥年. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Two plausible dates: 1887 / 1947. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 118 folios.
External cover title: 一本書科 [yiben shu ke ]. Compilation of three texts: Guangao, Huisheng and Chitan. Guangao: Text to open the ceremony. Huisheng: Text to open the ceremony. Chitan: Instructions to collect the 10 Bad Spirits. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 70 folios.
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 一本按龍秘語 [Yiben anlong miyu]. Magic to send the dragons to fix the graves in the cemetery and to protect the graves. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 癸未年. Calendar note: ...
Title of the first text: 一本救患科 [yiben jiuhuan ke]. External cover title: 救患科 [jiuhuan ke ]. The story of all the deities. It is chanted to invite the deities into the house/altar: It serves to announce them to the public and to call them to join the ceremony at the same time. “This is you, thi...
External cover title: 一本說醮科 [yiben shuojiao ke ]. Magic to make the altars into gold-silver-cash, house, rice field, garden, fruit trees, livestock, and food. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 庚戌歲十月十五日完筆. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Two plausible dates: 1850 / 1910...