[4] According to the historian Ngô Sĩ Liên, during the purge of Empress Mother Thượng Dương by the emperor and his natural mother Ỷ Lan in 1073,[5] Lý Đạo Thành was transferred to the position of governor in the southern province Nghệ An likely because he advised against the act of Ỷ Lan and the emperor.
[4] In his Việt Nam sử lược, Trần Trọng Kim remarked that Lý Đạo Thành was not only a competent official but also possessed a strong and righteous character, therefore he had an important contribution in the stability and prosperity of Đại Việt during the early years of Lý Nhân Tông's reign.
[3][6] According to the Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư, Lý Đạo Thành deceased in the tenth month in 1081.
[7] His position of chancellor was succeeded by Lê Văn Thịnh, who was afterwards deprived of all titles and banished to a remote region after a controversial treason case in 1096.
[2] Today his contribution is still highly appreciated; Lý Đạo Thành is worshipped as a tutelary deity in several villages in Northern Vietnam,[2] and a street in Hanoi is also named in his honour.