Continuation of lineage of the confucian royal families(文廟配享宗家) in Chosun dynasty - Focusing on the continuation principles and distance of lineage -

조선조 문묘 배향 가문의 승계 -승계 원리와 혈연거리를 중심으로-

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.