諸經要集 4.116

4.116

Furthermore, the Sanqian weiyi (Three Thousand Rules of Deportment) says: In lighting a lamp there are five matters: first, one should hold a clean cloth and wipe the inside and outside to make it clean; second, one should make a clean wick; third, one should prepare sesame oil oneself; fourth, in adding the oil, one must not let it be full, nor let it be too little; fifth, one should protect it to make it secure, and do not hang it where it obstructs the paths of people.