Liu Guanxiang plays Li Ling in the TV series Son of Man. But the characters portrayed in the play are far from historical figures, which is already a joke. In order to prevent the audience from being seated in the right place with historical figures, the producer specially made changes before the Beijing version was broadcast. Rename Li Ling to Li Yong.

Taiwan Province writer Zhang Guoli once wrote the novel Xiongnu based on the story of the Li family, and won the first prize of the second Crown Popular Novel Award.

Chinese mainland writer Jia Difei also wrote The Legend of Li Ling.

The Ark of the Ark by Fu Liang, a Hong Kong writer

Nakajima Atsushi, a Japanese writer, wrote the short story Li Ling, which is included in The Story of the Mountain and the Moon (translated by Zheng Xiumei of Taipei Starlight Publishing House).