Li Yung-ping was once an assistant professor in the department of foreign languages and literatures at National Sun Yat-sen University. But in order to devote himself more completely to his writing, he gave up his teaching career and moved to Taipei's Hsimenting area, where he lived "next door to bar girls and dancing girls."
李永平曾任中山大學外文系副教授，為了寫作，他辭去專任教職，搬到台北西門町，「與酒女、舞女為鄰」。