"First Syllabus on Xiangqi" Errata

First Syllabus on Xiangqi (Chinese Chess 1) by David H. Li (Bethesda: Premier Publishing, 1996)

I think Li's book is absolutely the best one I've ever seen for learning to play this game. There are many things that the book does very well, and I'll let those speak for themselves. However, that doesn't mean that it's perfect. In an effort to make the book more useful, I would like to provide the following list of errata for the book.

P. 29 - 3. ... K4+1 is indicated to be stalemate. That is not correct; the stalemate does not occur until 4. K5+1.

P. 32 - The book does not indicate that 8. ... A6+5 is an error. Black loses after this move, but could draw after 8. ... K5=4.

P. 46 - There are a couple of errors in the explanation about linking horses.

P. 47 - In case 11 "a win will result" should read "a win can result".

P. 102 - "might be misconstrued as threatening to capture" should be removed

P. 112 - "FR=2" should be "BR=2"

P. 119/120 - The discussions starting with "The quiet opening began to receive attention, mainly among advanced players" and "This need to commit ourselves limits the appeal of this opening to advanced players" contradict each other as to whether or not the quiet opening is good or not. (I am not even remotely qualified to decide which paragraph is correct.)

P. 130-9 - There are several errors in the notation of the game.