壹冊煉度科

Title of the first text: 壹冊煉度科 [yice liandu ke ]. External cover title: 一本破獄茭簡煉度科 [yiben poyu jiaojian liandu ke]. Instructions for sending a Messenger-Dragon to the Purgatory to wake up the deceased, imploring the gods - assistance to the Original Masters - to break the gates of the Purgatory, for the salvation of the deceased. Besides, Instructions to purify/cleanse the bodies of the ancestors once they have been rescued from the Purgatory during the death ritual. Last part of this ceremony in which they had been rescued and can join the ancestors’ tablet. The dead are bathed, get new clothes and are fed. They become official ancestors. Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 56 folios.