李益(724～829),字君虞,祖籍陇西狄道(今甘肃临洮)。自九世祖李承起,迁居洛阳,世为山东大族,李益生于盛时,长于乱世。但倾心苦读,博览群书,大历四年于东都洛阳登进士第,六年帝制科讽谏主文释褐,授郑县主簿。但如同大多数唐代文人,科举之路并未给命运带来显著转机, Li Yi (724 ~ 829), the word Jun Yu, native Longxi Di Road (now Gansu Linfen). Since the ninth generation ancestral Li Chengqi, moved to Luoyang, the world for the Han, Li Yisheng in Sheng, longer than in troubled times. But earnestly study hard, read books, Dali four years in the eastern capital of Luoyang Deng Jinshi the first six years of imperial system satirical remonstrance main text brown, granted Zheng main book. But like most of the Tang Dynasty literati, the road to imperial examination did not bring a significant turn for the better.