Title of the first text: 天師戒度科 [tianshi jiedu ke]. External cover title: 天師戒度 戒道關告科 [tianshi jiedu jiedao guangao ke ]. Initiation ritual for the ordination of the new Daoist disciple. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 癸卯年夏月中旬抄完. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Two pl...
Title of the first text: 道門書式 [daomen shushi]. External cover title: 天師戒度科 [tianshi jiedu ke]. Initiation ritual for the ordination of the new Daoist disciple. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 天子換朝甲子年六月二十九日. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Two plausible dates: 1804 /...
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: [宿啟科] [[suqi ke]]. Ceremony to announce the gods in advance (namely Suqi) as the preparation period of the ritual for the longevity of the hosts. Extent and format of orig...
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]]. Miscellaneous instructions about exorcistic healing rituals. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 164 folios.
This manuscript has no internal cover title for the first text. The given title is title on the outer cover. External cover title: 一本南小靈科 [yiben xiao nanling ke]. Ceremony for seeing off the newly deceased. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 36 folios.
External cover title and title of the first text: 伸斗科 [shendou ke ]. First ceremony for the ‘old people’ (in their forties). Basic ceremony to introduce them to Tao Man the Deities of the Elders. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 48 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: 一本婚姻秋運 [yiben hunyin qiuyun]. Antiphonal singing lyrics for marriage ceremony. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 76 folios. Date(s) cla...
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: [喃靈科] [[naling ke]]. 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...
External cover title and title of the first text: 二三宮科壹本 [ersangong ke yiben ]. Instructions to introduce the patient to the Deities of the Elders; also serve to arrange Life extension ceremonies. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 60 folios. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript...
External cover title and title of the first text: 齋醮神目科 [zhaijiao shenmu ke]. Instructions to invite all spirits to join the ceremony. Includes the Ten Magistrates of the Purgatory, the Deities of the Heat, etc. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 52 folios. Date(s) claimed in...