早年與弟李渤隱居  廬山 白鹿洞書院（今屬江西九江市）。憲宗元和年間被陳許節度使劉昌裔聘為從事。元和六年知匭使孔戣劾其與中官結交，出京為硤州（治所在今湖北宜昌市西北）司倉參軍。
In 937 when campus of the imperial national university was again in Fuzimiao area , Li Shandao , a scholar of the university , established another national school  Lushan National Academy outside the capital city Nanking which is called Bailudong Shuyuan ( White Deer Grotto Academy ) , a famous academy that hosted many renowned scholars including Zhu Xi , Lu Jiuyuan and Wang Yangming .
两词在上述语境中含义相同。