本文重新討論了兩晉南朝的「白衣領職」，認為其性質在晉宋之際發生了轉變。兩晉時期的「白衣領職」是對因「免官」而成為「庶人」之前任官員的一種優遇。南朝時期則作為與「免官」並列而程度稍輕的一種處罰方式而成立，其施予對象變為犯有某種過失的現任官員。「白衣領職」的存在，顯示了官僚政治在南朝所取得的進展，並可能構成了唐代「免官」體系中「免所居官」的淵源之一。

This article reconsiders the Baiyi-lingzhi白衣領職 from the Jin to the Southern Dynasties. In the Jin Dynasty, it was one kind of special treatments for the former officials who had been discharged from their duties. However, in the Southern Dynasties,it was changed into one kind of punishments for the officials who had made mistakes, which was lighter than the Mian-guan免官.The transformation of Baiyi-lingzhi shows how the system of bureaucracy advanced in the Southern Dynasties. In addition, the
Baiyi-lingzhi could probably be regarded as one of the origins of
the Mian-suojuguan免所居官in the Mian-guan system of the Tang Dynasty.