Feng Shui Master Fu Botong

Fu Botong was a Jinshi in the Song Dynasty, and he was promoted to a senior official in the Central Military Commission, and was granted the title of "Nan of the Kaiguo Kingdom". He was famous for his proficiency in the art of public relations. He was once ordered to survey the capital of the Southern Song Dynasty royal family. The above table suggested that Hangzhou was only suitable for travel (temporary capital) and not for long-term residence, which ultimately contributed to the Southern Song Dynasty's decision to settle in the south of the Yangtze River. Fu Botong studied under Liao Yu (the founder of Jin Jing School) and Lai Wenjun, and his book "The Law of Officials" had a profound influence on the Feng Shui theory of later generations. He advocated that Feng Shui should be comprehensively judged based on topography and water potential, and believed that Hangzhou was "weak in both shape and situation" and was not suitable as a long-term capital.