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有关官员再三请求说： 古代殷、周得天下，长治久安近千年。以往有天下的都不及殷周相传久远，就是因为殷、周都采用传位于太子之道。
有司固请曰： 古者殷、周有国，治安皆且千岁，有天下者莫长焉，用此道也。
Related officials said repeatedly, “In ancient times, the states of Yin and Zhou ruled the world and lasted for nearly a thousand years. No later state has lasted as long as Yin or Zhou, because both Yin and Zhou adopted the system of passing the throne to the crown prince.”