Li had previously been director of the Institute for Strategic Studies at Tamkang University, and was well-known in the academic community.
他的長子，現任首席使者李維生（本名李子弋），曾擔任淡江大學戰略研究所所長，在學術界夙孚清望；而李維生之弟、名導演李行，目前也擔任天帝教的樞機使者。