Title of the first text: 喪家書科 送終一夜共燈文科 [sangjiashu ke songzhong yiye gongdengwen ke ]. External cover title: 送終一夜 燈文喪家同一本 [songzhong yiye dengwen sangjia tongyiben ]. Instructions about details in the retreat for the deceased and the ceremony in the funeral. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript:...
Title of the first text: 百解禁盆秘語 [baijie jinpen miyu]. External cover title: 百解禁盆秘語 禁官符 [baijie jinpen miyu jinguanfu]. Miscellaneous instructions about exorcist skills, therapist skills and other magics. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 106 folios. Date(s) claimed in the m...
External cover title and title of the first text: 一本開山科 [yiben kaishan ke ]. Instructions to “open the forest” so a new village can be built. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 天運太歲丁巳年癸丑腨甲辰旬越至庚辰日. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Two plausible dates: 1917 / 1977. Extent...
Title of the first text: 一本會聖科 [yiben huisheng ke ]. External cover title: 會聖科 [huisheng ke ]. Text to open the ceremony. The Tham Teang ‘original priests’ go to collect the money from the Three Celestial Banks. Bring the money from the bank to start the ceremony. The priest tao kong prepares ...
Title of the first text: 壹本日午燈筵安龍化衣(依)秘語 [yiben riwu dengyan anlong huayi miyu]. External cover title: 日午燈筵謝墓安龍化衣(依) [riwu dengyan xiemu anlong huayi]. Compilation of several texts: riwu dengyan, anlong and huayi. Riwu dengyan: Chanting to invite the deities into the house/altar; Anlong: Instr...
Title of the first text: 一冊取駺秘 [yice quliang mi]. External cover title: 一本集秘金語 [yiben jimi jinyu]. Miscellaneous instructions about exorcist skills, therapist skills and other magics. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 太歲乙巳年六月上旬初酉日午時. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Tw...
Title of the first text: 壹本百解秘語 [yiben baijie miyu]. External cover title: 一本百解秘語 [yiben baijie miyu ]. Miscellaneous instructions about exorcist skills, therapist skills and other magics. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 太歲甲申年五月二十九日. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: ...
Title of the first text: 一本迓王科 [yiben yawang ke ]. External cover title: 迓王科 [yawang ke ]. Instructions to organize the food for the dead in the Purgatory. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 太歲己酉年夷則庚午腨甲辰旬. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Two plausible dates: 1909 / 196...
External cover title and title of the first text: 清燈葷筵同一本 [qingdeng hunyan tongyiben]. Instructions to arrange and perform a ritual of offering lights and food dedicated to the gods. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 天運太歲癸未歲巳月甲戌腨甲戌旬越至丙子日巳時. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cyc...
External cover title and title of the first text: 一本授械(戒)川光科 [yiben shoujie chuanguang ke]. Initiation ritual for the ordination of the new Daoist disciple. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 太歲丙辰年五月十五日. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Two plausible dates: 1916 / 1976. ...