The written lineages of 14 confucian royal famines were analyzed on the basis of the distance of family relationship to reveal some characteristics of the continuation principles in Chosun dynasty. The result shows that they used the nile of adopting the son of Legitimate wife as the head of the family, who had the same sumame and also ability enough to lead their clan. This nile has been observed for five hundred years over some socio-political differences of respective periods.