After attending Zhenguang Middle School between 1921 and 1926, she majored in Chinese at Yenching University, graduating in 1930.

[2] Returning to China in 1940,[2] Li taught at several institutions, including Ginling College and Chengchi University.

[4] A prominent member of the Kuomintang,[5] she was a delegate to the Constituent National Assembly [zh] that drew up the constitution of the Republic of China.

[6][7] The Little Theatre Movement introduced Western styles and modern performing arts to Taiwanese drama.

[8] She became dean of the drama departments at Chinese Culture University and Fu Hsing Kang College, and served as a juror of the Asia-Pacific Film Festival.