I am not a historian, but it is my impression that there is a consensus among Historians that The Black Death significantly impacted European history in several different areas (Wiki-page).

I am now 6 months into my journey where I am trying to get an overview of Asian history. My main sources have been The Great Courses Plus, where I have watched/listened to “Foundations of Eastern Civilization”(48 lectures) and “Understanding Imperial China”(24 lectures). The black death is only mentioned in brief, but it sounds like the losses were at least comparable to those seen in Europe. For example, on the Wiki page Consequences of the Black Death, it says,

“The most severe outbreak of plague, in the Chinese province of Hubei in 1334, claimed up to 80 percent of the population.[citation needed] China had several epidemics and famines from 1200 to the 1350s, and its population decreased from an estimated 125 million to 65 million in the late 14th century.”

However, the following discussion of the effects of the black death is only focused on Europe, and in the courses I have followed there is literally no discussion of how the black death impacted the Chinese society.

I am left with the impression that many people died in China, but that things pretty much just continued as usual after that. Is this wrong? Was Chinese society just used to massive disease outbreaks? Am I European-centered when I expect to see something similar to Europe when I read Chinese history?

I wonder if all the changes seen in the period are just attributed to the Yuan dynasty and its fall, and just fail to recognize the impact of the Black Death (again, I am not a historian, just speculating)?

I hope you can help.