During the Song dynasty most likely landscapes would be painted to show things with relative permanency compared to the changes in society and also to show the natural hierarchy as a metaphor for a successfully regulated state.
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The frets could be somewhere alongside the neck. Some diagrams are in favor of vertically oriented, rather than horizontally. But they function the same way, just turn it 90 degrees clockwise. So, the answer is fretboard diagrams can be oriented vertically or horizontally.
