To know the varietal difference and yearly changes of lignan contents in the fruits of collected lines of Schizandra chinensis Baillon, three lignan compounds, schizandrin, gomisin A, and gomisin N, were quantitatively analyzed using High Performance liquid Chromatography. The average contents of schizandrin, gomisin A, and gomisin N, showed 0.78%, 0.25%, and 0.63% in the 6-year-old fruits of 24 lines harvested in 1996, and 0.72%, 0.22%, and 0.63% in the 7-year-old ones of 59 lines harvested in 1997. There were the wide range of coefficient of variation (CV) values, the significant differences by the lines and harvest years, and the significant interaction between line and year for lignan contents. Schizandrin contents during 3 years, $1995{sim}1997$, showed relatively higher amounts more than 0.9% in Chungju 143, Chungju 453, and Chungju 532. Among 23 lines analyzed from 1995 to 1997, Chungju 542, Chungju 547, and Chungju 580 contained continuously higher amounts more than 0.8% of schizandrin and had lower CV values of lignan contents by the harvest years than the other lines. There were a highly significant and negative correlation between fruit weight and lignan contents, and a positive correlation among contents of schizandrin, gomisin A, gomisin N, and total lignan.