But pitifully, very soon afterwards Li Yi is married, to a daughter of one of the five great clans of the Tang dynasty. Not only was marriage to a girl of high birth de rigueur for career and social advancement--Tang dynasty statutes expressly forbade marriage between partners of different social rank.
可憐的是，很快的李益便與唐代五大姓之女婚配。迎娶名門閨女，不但是加官晉爵的必要條件，在唐朝「唐典．通制」中，還明文規定，門戶階級不同的男女結為夫婦甚至是違法的。