Editing Xiangqi (section)

====General====
[[Image:Xiangqi General (Trad).svg|180px|The generals|left]]
[[Image:XiangqiJiangShi.png|thumb|240px|General and advisors]]

'''Generals''' (or '''kings''') are labelled 將 (trad.) / 将 (simp.) {{Audio|zh-jiang4.ogg|''jiàng''|help=no}} ("general") on the black side and 帥 (trad.) / 帅 (simp.) {{Audio|zh-shuai4.ogg|''shuài''|help=no}} ("marshal") on the red side.

The general starts the game at the midpoint of the back edge, within the palace. The general may move and capture one point [[orthogonal]]ly and may not leave the palace, with the following exception.

If the two generals face each other along the same file with no intervening pieces, the 飛將 ("flying general") move may be executed, in which the general to move crosses the board to capture the enemy general. In practice, this rule means that creating this situation in the first place means moving into check, and is therefore not allowed.<ref name="Pieces and Rules of Xiangqi">{{cite web|script-title=zh:象棋简明规则 – 中国棋院在线|url=http://games.sports.cn/server/xiangqi/2008-04-22/1442022.html|access-date=27 May 2014|language=zh}}</ref><ref name="pieces">{{cite web |url=https://www.xiangqi.com/help/pieces-and-moves |title=Pieces and Moves |website=xiangqi.com}}</ref>

The Indian name ''king'' for this piece was changed to ''general'' because of Chinese [[naming taboo]]s; China's rulers objected to their royal titles being given to game pieces.<ref>''[[A History of Chess]]'', p.120, footnote 3 says that Ssŭ-ma Kuang wrote in ''T'ung-kien nun'' in AD 1084 that [[Emperor Wen of Sui]] (541–604) found at an inn some foreigners playing a board game whose pieces included a piece called "''I pai ti''" = "white emperor"; in anger at this misuse of his title he had everybody at the inn put to death.</ref>{{Dubious|date=October 2012|reason=mistranslation}} Despite this, the general is sometimes called the "king" by English-speaking players, due to their similar functions as [[royal piece]]s.<ref name="ancient">{{cite web |url=https://www.ancientchess.com/page/play-xiangqi.htm |title=How to Play Chinese Chess Xiangqi |website=Ancient Chess}}</ref>