Asian reactions to the Black Death and plague as a whole during the 14th century?

by Piwii999

I'm looking for sources/books on the reactions/experiences of Asian peoples during the 14th century (or later) specifically relating to plague. I know that the plague helped to destabilise the Yuan dynasty (along with a host of other factors) and the Mongolian empire as a whole, but have yet to find any decent accounts or research into contemporary reactions and experiences during the period.

I have in mind something along the lines of Michael W. Dols': "Comparative Communal Responses to the Black Death In Muslim and Christian Societies", especially if it has evidence of non-Islamic/Christian responses to the plague, although any contemporary Asian evidence would be extremely helpful.

Thank you

mikedash

Actually, I'd argue that we need to take a step further back, and first understand why contemporary Asian sources on the Black Death are so scarce, and so ambiguous.

I addressed this problem recently in this answer:

Why can't I find very much information about the 14th Century black death in Asia?

and hopefully this will point to some first steps and at least help to contextualise your query. But, unfortunately, the short answer is that the sort of sources you are hoping to find don't actually exist, at least not for the 14th century. I'd expect you would be able to find a lot more on the late 19th/early 20th century pandemic that originated in Hong Kong.