In Popular Culture
Li is featured as a character in some of the works of Hong Kong Wuxia writer Jin Yong. Li's rebellion against the Ming Dynasty is featured in Sword Stained with Royal Blood and his personality is analyzed from the point of view of Yuan Chengzhi, the protagonist. In The Deer and the Cauldron, set in the Qing Dynasty during the early reign of the Kangxi Emperor, Li is revealed to have survived and fathered a daughter, A'ke, with Chen Yuanyuan. Li is also briefly mentioned by name in Flying Fox of Snowy Mountain and Other Tales of the Flying Fox.
Li is the main character of the historical epic novel Li Zicheng authored by Yao Xueyin.
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