External cover title and title of the first text: 授械(戒)秘語 [shoujie miyu ].
Miscellaneous instructions of Initiation ritual for the ordination of the new Daoist disciple.
Date(s) claimed in the manuscript: 天運太歲丁酉年晨月甲申旬甲寅腨至丙戌日.
Calendar note: Stem-branches system or 60-years cycle: Two plausible dates: 1897 / 1957.
Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 56 folios.