External cover title and title of the first text: 從人科 讃材樓共本 [congren ke zancailou gongben]. Compilation of two texts: Cong ren and Zan cai lou. Cong ren: Instructions to teach the butler – dong nyang - that will take care of the new Ancestors. This books contains the rules to follow: Moral rule...
Small ceremony to make clothes for the ancestors, especially for the new/recent ancestors. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 8 folios. Chinese era name (regnal year): 無.
External cover title and title of the first text: 戒度科終 天師法簽 三法大道師 [jieduke zhong tianshi faqian san fa dadao shi]. Initial ordination ceremony for the young disciple. Custodial history: Private collection. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 57 folios. Chinese era name (regna...
External cover title and title of the first text: 一本斎関告在頭 會聖在中 敕壇在尾 [yiben zhai guangao zaitou huisheng zaizhong chitan zaiwei]. Compilation of three texts: Guangao, Huisheng and Chitan. Guangao: Text to open the ceremony. Huisheng: Text to follow with the opening. Chitan: Instructions to colle...
External cover title and title of the first text: 怗簡 會聖 南相科 [zhanjian huisheng nanxiang ke]. compilation of two texts. Huisheng: 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 ceremo...
Title of the first text: 早晚救患秘語 [zaowan jiuhuan miyu]. External cover title: 三宮科 [sangong ke]. A book for baby naming ceremony which includes the ceremonies to ‘fix the flowers’ thus to reinforce the health and strengthen the baby, and to ‘kill the insects/pest’ of the flowers, that is to prot...
External cover title and title of the first text: 一本初真按簪開解科 [yiben chuzhen anzan kaijie ke]. Compilation of three texts: Chu zhen, Bei ti, Kaijie. Chu zhen: Opening ceremony of the small altar for the disciple. Inform the spirits and invite the Deities of the Ritual Experts. Bei ti: The instruc...
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 延生三時清醮同?用 [Yansheng sanshi qingjiao tong?yong]. Ceremony with a standard structure as a Taoist retreat, including three audiences in a day, ensuring the longevity of the ho...
This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript. Title of the first text: 雜謝水符本境聖母雷王南朝科 [Zaxie shuifu benjing shengmu leiwang nanchao ke]. Ceremony for the Deities of the Hunters when a hunter is repeatedly unsuccessful in his hunt. Healing cerem...
External cover title and title of the first text: 一本茭簡破獄煉度從人讃材科 [yiben jiaojian poyu liandu congren zancai ke]. Compilation of five texts: Jiao jian, Po yu, Lian du, Cong ren, and Zan cai. Jiaojian:Instructions to send the messenger dragon to the Purgatory to wake up the dead and let them know ...