Changes

The '''General''' (Chinese: 将/帅  pinyin: jiàng (general) and shuài (marshall), respectively)<ref name=yumei>Zhou, Yumei, Ms. "Chinese Chess." Personal interview. 22 Jan. 2017. ''This is a pseudonym to protect the interviewee's identity.''</ref> starts the game at the midpoint of the back edge, within the Palace. The general may move and capture one point orthogonally, with the following exception, but may not leave the Palace.<ref name=siqi/>

The '''General''' (Chinese: 将/帅  pinyin: jiàng (general) and shuài (marshall), respectively)<ref name=yumei>Zhou, Yumei, Ms. "Chinese Chess." Personal interview. 22 Jan. 2017. ''This is a pseudonym to protect the interviewee's identity.''</ref> starts the game at the midpoint of the back edge, within the Palace. The general may move and capture one point orthogonally, with the following exception, but may not leave the Palace.<ref name=siqi/>

The two generals may not face each other along the same file with no intervening pieces. If that happens, the flying general (Chinese: 飛將 pinyin: fēi jiāng)<ref name=yumei> move may be executed, in which the general to move may cross the board to capture the enemy general. In practice, this rule is only used to enforce checkmate. The general may not leave the Palace except when executing the flying general move.

The two generals may not face each other along the same file with no intervening pieces. If that happens, the flying general (Chinese: 飛將 pinyin: fēi jiāng)<ref name=yumei/> move may be executed, in which the general to move may cross the board to capture the enemy general. In practice, this rule is only used to enforce checkmate. The general may not leave the Palace except when executing the flying general move.

===The advisors===

===The advisors===