The Beijing Chaoyang District Court asked Li not to beat or threaten Kim Lee, warning that otherwise he will receive punishments or face criminal liability. The ruling's validity will last three months.
The court also approved Lee's application for a three-month restraining order, court sources said.
Li is known for creating the concept of "Crazy English," a method of shouting to memorise and practise the language.
He has been successful since starting his English-teaching business in China in the early 1990s and claims to have taught English to more than 20 million people in a decade.
The court ordered Li to pay his former wife 50,000 yuan (about USD 8,030) in compensation for her psychological traumas, confirmed to be results of his domestic violence toward her.
The court also ruled that Lee should retain custody of the couple's three daughters, and that Li should make an annual child support payment of 100,000 yuan (about USD 16,058) to each of their daughters before each turns 18, state run Xinhua news agency reported.
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Lee said she was satisfied with the sentence.
The closely watched case was first exposed by Lee in August 2011. She had posted pictures of her injuries at Li's hands on the Internet, accusing Li of abusing her several times.
Kim Lee was soon taken as the folk hero of China's battered wives.
A week later, Li apologised for beating his wife after the case triggered a wave of condemnation online.