李立三曾犯过“立三路线”错误。但他从不讳言自己的错误，经常向人们作自我批评。一次，他和几位不熟悉的上海地下党的同志见面。有位心直口快的同志一听说他是李立三，马上就说：“啊！你就是立三同志，人家说你犯过错误，到底是怎么一回事？”其他同志觉得这样问太唐突，责 Li Lisan had committed the mistake of “establishing the three routes.” However, he never denied his mistake and often made self-criticisms to people. Once, he met with several unfamiliar Shanghai underground party comrades. As soon as he heard that he was Li Lisan, he immediately said: “Oh, you are the comrades of the three legislatures. People say that you made a mistake and what happened?” Other comrades found it too outspoken and blamed