Lǐ Chānglín (937–1008), courtesy name Tiānxī, was from Chuzhou County, Songzhou (modern-day Caoxian, Shandong Province) during the early Song Dynasty. During the reign of Emperor Taizong, he served as Vice Chancellor.

In the third year of the太平兴国 (Taiping Xingguo) era (978), Lǐ Chānglín passed the imperial examination and was appointed as a Junior Assessor at the Ministry of Justice and Vice Magistrate of Hezhou. He later served as Director of the Office of Works, Right Censor, and Vice Magistrate of Yinzhou. When the capital city opened the Jinming Pool, Lǐ Chānglín presented a hundred-verse poem, which earned him the praise of Emperor Taizong. As a result, he was promoted to the position of Right Remonstrator and became a Historian in the Imperial Academy. He was then reassigned as a Right Censor and Governor of Chuzhou. Later, he was appointed as the Transport Commissioner of Huainan (with its seat in present-day Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province), and subsequently transferred to the position of Junior Minister of Revenue and Governor of Guangzhou. However, he failed to maintain integrity in his official duties. In the second year of the Chunhua era (991), he was recalled to the capital due to accusations that he had accumulated excessive wealth. He served as Chief Justice of the Court of Review, acting Judge of the Ministry of Personnel, and then transferred to the position of Right Censor and Commissioner of Revenue. In the third year of the Chunhua era (982), he was appointed Chancellor of the Censors, where he impeached Zheng Wenbao, the Transport Commissioner of Shaanxi, for causing trouble on the border, building a city in the desert, and lightly changing the law. As a result, Zheng Wenbao was demoted to a post outside the capital.

In the second year of the Zhida era (996), Lǐ Chānglín was appointed as Vice Chancellor but did not achieve much. In the third year of the Zhida era (997), around the time of Emperor Taizong's death, he conspired with Hu Dan and the imperial attendant Wáng Jì'ēn to support Crown Prince Chuzhou as emperor. After Emperor Zhenzong ascended the throne, Lǐ Chānglín was demoted to the position of Military Secretary of Zhongwu Circuit. In the second year of the Xianping era (999), he returned to the capital and served as Deputy Director of the Palace Office, eventually retiring with the title of Secretary Supervisor. In the first year of the Dazhong Xiangfu era (1008), Lǐ Chānglïn died.

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李昌齡937年 - 1008年，字天錫，宋州楚丘縣（今山東省曹縣南）人，宋朝初年政治人物。宋太宗時參知政事。

太平興國三年（978年）李昌齡舉進士，出任大理評事、合州通判。歷任將作監丞、右贊善大夫、銀州通判。京城開金明池，李昌齡獻詩百韻，被宋太宗嘉賞，擢升為右拾遺、直史館。改任右補闕、出知滁州。又起為淮南（治所在今江蘇省揚州市）轉運使，轉任戶部員外郎、知廣州。為官不能廉潔自守，淳化二年（991年）召還。因為他多貯輜重，被人上書彈劾。擔任知審刑院事、權判吏部流內銓，轉任右諫議大夫、充戶部使。淳化三年（992年）拜御史中丞，彈劾陝西轉運使鄭文寶生事邊境、築城沙磧、輕變禁法，鄭文寶被貶湖外。至道二年（996年）拜為參知政事，無所建樹。至道三年（997年），太宗去世前後，他勾結胡旦、內侍王繼恩，謀立楚王趙元佐為皇帝。宋真宗即位後，貶他為忠武軍節度使行軍司馬。咸平二年（999年）入朝為殿中少監，最後以秘書監致仕。大中祥符元年（1008年），李昌齡卒。

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