I think that guilt trips are present in almost all works of fiction.

Ok, then the new topic is books set in Asia, but earlier than say 1700

include books set in asiatic societies as well

@Gilles “Gold”, a short story by Isaac Asimov in which he describes the making of a sort of computer-animated drama/ballet of The Gods Themselves

@apoorv020 Daniel Fox, Dragon in Chains (and sequels that I haven't read yet). Set in medieval China. The Emperor is fleeing a rebellion, war ravages the country, jade is magical, and a powerful, malevolent dragon has been freed from its chains.

@apoorv020 The Fairy of Ku-She: a fairy is cast away from heaven and lives a mortal's life on earth, in China. Where Hell/Heaven is a bureaucracy (a common theme in Chinese-inspired fiction).

@apoorv020 If fictional Asiatic societies count, then Interesting Times (Terry Pratchett, Discworld): Rincewind's adventures in China.

@apoorv020 Journey to the West, one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature. Often known as the adventures of the Monkey God.

@Gilles I was going to read the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, guess I will do all four.

@apoorv020 Oh, still in China: Barry Hughart, the adventures of Master Li and Number Ten Ox (Bridge of Birds and sequels)

@apoorv020 I've only read the adventures of the Monkey god (in abridged translations). I think it's the only one of the four that qualifies as fantasy.