符命式一宗大煉小煉共本

This manuscript has no cover title. The given title is for the first text within the manuscript.

Title of the first text: 符命式一宗大煉小煉共本 [Fuming shi yizong dalian xiaolian gongben].

Instructions to purify/cleanse the bodies of the ancestors once they have been rescued from Purgatory during the second death ritual; last part. They are bathed with water. In the last part of this ceremony, they are rescued and can join the ancestors’ tablet. The dead are bathed, get new clothes, and are fed. They become official Ancestors.

Custodial history: Private collection.

Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 26 folios.

Chinese era name (regnal year): 無.