一本師小煉?書

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

Title of the first text: 一本師小煉?書 [Yibenshixiaolian?shu].

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 9 folios.

Chinese era name (regnal year): 無.