《隋书·列传·卷七》
史臣说：李德林年幼时，就有高尚的思想品质和志趣，博学多才，在邺中很有名望，声名远扬到函谷关以西。
史臣曰：德林幼有操尚，学富才优，誉重鄴中，声飞关右。
The historian said: Li Delin had noble thoughts, qualities, and aspirations from a young age, was knowledgeable and widely read, and had a great reputation in Ye, and his fame was known west of Han Gu Guan.