errata for The Chinese Language: Fact and Fantasy
The 1986 paperback printing of The Chinese Language: Fact and Fantasy, by John DeFrancis, made a number of minor corrections to the hardback first edition of 1984. Listed below are errors spotted since the 1986 printing.
p. 103, after '凰 huáng "female phoenix" (with radical 16 "bench")', add:
- 喤 huáng "child's sobbing" (with radical 30 "mouth")
- 偟 huáng "agitated" (with radical 9 "man")
- 徨 huáng "irresolute" (with radical 60 "step with left foot")
- 鍠 huáng "sound of a bell" (with radical 167 "metal")
- 艎 huáng "a fast-sailing boat" (with radical 137 "boat")
- 湟 huáng name of a river (with radical 85 "water")
- 篁 huáng "clump of bamboo" (with radical 118 "bamboo")
| page | as printed | should read |
|---|---|---|
| 134 | "Ko, Jéf." | "Ko, Jés." |
| 136 | protrayed | portrayed |
| 137 | of $35 | of $53 |
| 138 | Pictograph of wheat:  or  |
Pictograph of wheat: or  |
| 217 | Neutstupńy | Neustupný |
| 264 | Officially promulgated in January 1958 | Officially promulgated in February 1958 |
| 290 | chauvanism | chauvinism |
| 304 | Boodberg ... Academia Sinica 39:113-120. | Boodberg ... Academia Sinica 29:113-120. |
| 304 | Brunner ... Encyclopedia Brittanica | Brunner ... Encyclopedia Britannica |
| 305 | Chmielewski ... Rocsnik Orientalistczny | Chmielewski ... Rocznik Orientalistczny |
| 306 | [DeFrancis 1979] Denver | [DeFrancis 1979] Boulder |
| 311 | Neustupńy | Neustupný |
| 320 | DRINKABLEmai | DRINKABLEnai |
| 322 | Hu Qiaomu, 256, 276, 278 | Hu Qiaomu, 256, 276-278 |
| 322 | Indians, 45; North American, 124 | Indians, 45; North American, 123 |
| 324 | "Morphosyllabic," 88, 125-126, 147, 187, 196 | "Morphosyllabic," 88, 125-126, 147, 187, 196, 291 |
| 325 | Neustupny | Neustupný |
| 330 | Writing systems -- alphabetic ... Cyrillic, 265; | Writing systems -- alphabetic ... Cyrillic, 262; |
| 330 | Yuan Xiaoyuan, 275 | Yuan Xiaoyuan, 276-277 |
