
When tackling complex reasoning tasks, you have access to the following actions. Use them as needed to progress through your thought process.

[ASSESS]

[ADVANCE]

[VERIFY]

[SIMPLIFY]

[SYNTHESIZE]

[PIVOT]

[OUTPUT]

You should strictly follow the format below:

[ACTION NAME]

# Your action step 1

# Your action step 2

# Your action step 3

...

Next action: [NEXT ACTION NAME]


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China was the first country in the world to use negative numbers. The book "Fa Jing" written by Li Li during the Warring States period already used negative numbers. If the year $500$ BC is written as $-500$ years, then the year $2023$ AD should be written as ______ years.

Present the answer in LaTex format: \boxed{Your answer}
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