Title of the first text: 一本判座科 [yiben panzuo ke]. External cover title: 判座科 [panzuo ke]. The description of the work "flowers" of Tai Mu and instructions to build an ‘earth bridge’ for Tei Mu. 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-branches system or 60-...
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: 南昌煉度科 [nanchang liandu ke ]. External cover title: 煉度科 [liandu ke ]. Instructions to purify/cleanse the bodies of the ancestors once they have been rescued from the Purgatory during the death ritual. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 48 folios. Date...
Title of the first text: 一本安龍科 [yiben anlong ke ]. External cover title: 安龍科 [anlong ke ]. Ceremony to fix and improve the cemetery for the ancestors. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 天運太歲癸未年午月甲辰腨甲寅旬越至壬戌日. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Two plausible dates: 1883 / 1...
Title of the first text: 一冊按龍科 [yice anlong ke ]. External cover title: 一本按龍科 [yiben anlong ke ]. Ceremony to fix and improve the cemetery for the ancestors. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 太歲甲辰年大呂龍頭冬. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Two plausible dates: 1904 / 1964...
Title of the first text: 壹本小橋臺科 [yiben xiaoqiaotai ke ]. External cover title: 一本小橋台科 [yiben xiaoqiaotai ke]. Librettos about the merits to hold retreats, including the description of the work "flowers" of Tai Mu and instructions to build an ‘earth bridge’ for Tai Mu. Extent and format of ori...
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 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 ...
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 羅家本命 羅家宗枝書 [Luojia benmign luojia zongzhi shu]. Record the birth of the Luo’s descendants. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 30 folios.
External cover title and title of the first text: 一本招兵科 [yiben zhaobing ke]. Instructions to arrange and perform a healing/exorcist ritual. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 天運太歲己未年壬甲腨甲寅旬越至壬甲日午時. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Two plausible dates: 1919 / 1979. Extent...