220s), courtesy name Desi, was an official of the state of Eastern Wu in the Three Kingdoms period of China.
When Sun Quan was ruling the territories in Jiangdong as the King of Wu from 222–229, he recruited Yin Li to serve as a langzhong (郎中).
In the summer of 224, Yin Li accompanied Zhang Wen on a diplomatic mission to Wu's ally state, Shu Han,[1] where they met the Shu chancellor-regent Zhuge Liang, who was very impressed with Yin Li.
After returning from Shu, Yin Li was supposed to assume the appointment of langzhong, but Zhang Wen arranged for him to work in the Imperial Secretariat instead.
[2] Yin Li became the Administrator (太守) of Lingling Commandery (零陵郡; around present-day Yongzhou, Hunan) later in his career.