External cover title: 授械(戒)秘語 [shoujie miyu ]. Miscellaneous instructions of initiation ritual for the ordination of the new Daoist disciple. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 29 folios.
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 壹本通用 [Yiben tongyong]. A manual about instructions and verses used and chanted in the rituals for Daoist priests. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 88 fo...
External cover title and title of the first text: 壹本師公意 [yiben shigong yi ]. Instruction for the ceremonies about invite the deities to be informed about the happenings in the household (and the village). Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 太歲戊寅年八月上旬. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-...
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: 一本符命南昌式 [yiben fuming nanchang shi ]. Compilation of spells and talismans which seem to be used in the ritual. Extent and format of original material: 1 v...
Title of the first text: 大南靈科 [da nanling ke]. External cover title: 壹本南科靈 [yiben nanke ling ]. Instructions to lead the Keau Hu Man to bring the particular dead – by names - from the Purgatory to the ceremony/house. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 150 folios. Date(s) cla...
External cover title and title of the first text: 一本初真科 [yiben chuzhen ke]. Opening ceremony of the small altar for the disciple. Inform the spirits and invite the deities of the ritual experts. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 50 folios. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: ...
External cover title: 求才(財)法一本 [qiucai fa yiben ]. Magic for the hunters. Shoot and fail, or animal doesn’t animal, or does not see animal. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 58 folios.
External cover title and title of the first text: 一本大部南靈科 [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: 太歲癸巳年六月廿三日. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60...
External cover title and title of the first text: 天師戒度科 [tianshi jiedu ke ]. Initiation ritual for the ordination of the new Daoist disciple. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 62 folios. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 天子民國二千十四歲甲午年十月初十日完秉.
Title of the first text: 伸斗按龍 日午燈筵秘語一本 [shendou anlong riwu dengyan miyu yiben]. External cover title: 伸斗?? [shendou ??]. Magic to send the dragons to fix the graves in the cemetery and to protect the graves; and the instructions about ceremony to introduce them to the deities of the elders. ...