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In the twelfth month of the first year, on (the day) Yî-khau, Î Yin sacrificed to the former king, and presented the heir-king reverently before (the shrine of) his grandfather.* All the princes from the domain of the nobles and the royal domain were present; all the officers (also), each continuing to discharge his particular duties, were there to receive the orders of the chief minister, Î Yin then clearly described the complete virtue of the Meritorious Ancestor for the instruction of the (young) king.