秦始皇統一嶺南后，設桂林、南海、象三郡。其中，桂林郡轄區大部分在今廣西境內。關于它的郡治地址，由于缺乏直接證據，自清代道光六年(1826)起，一直爭論不休，已出現四種觀點。有的說在今桂平市，有的說在舊貴縣，有的說在今凌云、鳳山、巴馬交界一帶，有的說在今象州縣羅秀鎮軍田村。文章認為在今象州縣象山東南3里的扶滿村至水沖嶺一帶，有別于前四種，故曰第五說。

The first emperor of Qin established three prefectures of Guilin,Nanhai and Xiang after he unified the area of south of the five ridges. The Guilin prefecture covered most parts of the present Guangxi.Due to the lack of evidences,debates over the seat of Guilin prefecture entered into endless arguments since the sixth year in the reign of Emperor Daoguang of Qing Dynasty. Four different viewpoints have been appeared,namely,Guiping,the former Gui county,the junction of Fengshan,Lingyun and Bama counties,and Juntian village of Luoxiu town in Xiangzhou county. This article argues the seat of the Guilin prefecture locates in the area from Fuman village to the Shuichong ridge,1. 5 kilometers away from the southeast of Mount Xiangshan in Xiangzhou county.