恩荫又称“任子”、“荫子”、“门荫”,是封建政府根据文武官员的职、阶高低而授给其子弟或亲属以官衔或官职的制度 ,是封建社会中官僚阶层拥有的一种政治特权。明代恩荫制度既是对唐宋恩荫制度的承继 ,又依据本朝政治制度作了适时的变通。它在社会政治生活中的作用 ,特别是在 Also known as “Ren Ziyin”, “shade” and “door shade”, Enlightenment is a system in which the feudal government grants its children or relatives the rank or official office according to the rank and file of civil and military officials. It is the bureaucratic class in the feudal society Have a political privilege. The system of grace and yin of the Ming Dynasty both inherited the system of grace and yin in the Tang and Song Dynasties and made timely modifications in accordance with the current political system. Its role in social and political life, especially in