The roots of his millitary tragedy lie in the conflicts between his ideal, pursuit and millitary ideas and the temporal emperor s totalitarian will and millitary line.

• 李陵精兵报国的理想追求与汉武帝的极权意志、李陵“以少击众”的军事思想与汉武帝“任人唯亲”军事路线的冲突是酿成李陵军事悲剧的根源。