This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 良緣齋醮秘語一冊 [Liangyuan zhaijiao miyu yice]. Miscellaneous instructions about different kinds of rituals, including open the eyes. Extent and format of original material: 1 vo...
Title of the first text: 邙秘語 [wang miyu]. External cover title: 一本邙秘語天機 [yiben wang miyu tianji ]. Instructions about various details in the retreat for the deceased and the ceremony in the funeral. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 太歲甲辰年夾大?子月十四日院申時終畢. Calendar note: Stem-branches system or...
Title of the first text: 一本受戒金語 [yiben shoujie jinyu]. External cover title: 受戒二教秘語 [shoujie erjiao miyu ]. Miscellaneous instructions of initiation ritual for the ordination of the new Daoist disciple. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 50 folios.
Title of the first text: 一本大部 [yiben dabu]. External cover title: 壹本南靈大部 [yiben nanling dabu ]. 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 118 folios.
External cover title: 壹本同本靜(淨)壇関告會聖敕壇科 [yiben tongben jingtan guangao huisheng chitan ke ]. Text to open the ceremony. The Tham Teang ‘original priests’ go to collect the money from the Three Celestial Banks. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 82 folios.
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 齋醮神目科壹本 [Zhaijiao shenmu ke yiben]. Instructions to invite all spirits to join the ceremony. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 76 folios. Date(s) claime...
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: 大齋宿啟 [dazhai suqi ]. Ceremony to announce various gods in advance (namely Suqi), as a preparation period of the whole ritual. Extent and format of origina...
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 祝香科 [Zhuxiang ke]. Opening ceremony to offering the insence. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 38 folios. Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 嘉慶拾四年己巳年二月十...
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: 一本設醮飛章科 [yiben shejiao feizhang ke ]. Ceremony to set up an altar, hold an offering for the gods, and to send up a petition to heaven, ensuring the fortune...
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: 三宮二宮科一本 [sangong ergong ke yiben ]. Ceremony to hold a lamp ritual, mainly aiming at the Dipper gods, ensuring the fortune and longevitiy of the host. Ext...