《元史·列传·卷六十》
当时，各道管理儒学的官府，都认为是闲职而被撤销。李为此而上书说 ：臣怀着敬佩之心阅读了先帝的诏书，看到朝廷在创业之时，军务繁重的情形下，还招纳儒士。
时各道儒司悉以旷官罢，李因奏曰： 臣钦睹先帝诏书，当创业时，军务繁夥，尚招致士类。
At that time, the government offices in charge of Confucianism in various places were all regarded as idle positions and were abolished. Li wrote a book on this and said: I read the edict of the former emperor with admiration, and saw that when the court was founded, despite the heavy military affairs, the Confucianists were also recruited.