《资治通鉴·晋纪·晋纪三十三》
孟敏死后，敦煌护军冯翊人郭谦、沙州治中敦煌人索仙等人，认为李性情温和坚毅，能够施行仁政，推举他做了敦煌太守。
孟敏卒，敦煌护军冯翊郭谦、沙州治中敦煌索仙等以暠温毅有惠政，推为敦煌太守。
After Meng Min died, Guo Qian, the Captain of the Dunhuang Prefectural Army, who was from Fuyi, and Suo Xian, the head of Shazhou's central government, who was from Dunhuang, believed that Li was gentle and resolute, and capable of implementing benevolent government, so they recommended him as the governor of Dunhuang.