1. Chief of ceremonies and supervisors, official name, clearly set.
 2. It was one of the "Twelve Prisoners" who managed eunuchs and palace affairs in the Ming Dynasty. It was first placed in the 17th year of Hongwu, the Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty (1384).
 3. There are eunuchs, such as supervisors, palm seals, Bingbi, Suitang, etc.
 4. The chief eunuch is in charge of all the ceremonies, names of punishments, and the management of errands and attendants in the imperial city.
 5. The chief proprietors and supervisors are known as "the first department".
 6. The chief eunuch was in charge of the ceremonial supervisor, who did not have much power in the early Ming Dynasty and was restricted.
 7. In the middle and later period, due to the emperor's neglect of government and dislike of government, as well as the reason of young Chong, the emperor often asked the supervisor of rites to approve red on behalf of the emperor.
 8. In this way, the ritual supervisors used this opportunity to constantly expand their power and interfere in the central decision-making of the Ming Dynasty, which caused bad consequences for the politics, economy, military and justice of the Ming Dynasty.
 9. Although the chief eunuch had such great power, he could not arbitrarily abolish the emperor like the eunuch in the late Tang Dynasty.
 10. In the Ming Dynasty, the officialdom was always subject to imperial power.
 11. Wang Zhen, Liu Jin, Feng Bao, the famous eunuchs of the chief proprietors of the Ming Dynasty, all served as the supervisors of the chief proprietors, who were eunuchs in charge of the chief proprietors' seals. Wei Zhongxian served as the chief proprietors' eunuch Bingbi, and also served as the eunuch of the East Hall.