Personal life

He married Gayle Bates in 1966 and the two had a son, Jefferson Huang. He died of a heart attack in 2000.

Books

• 1587: A Year of No Significance. First published in English (Yale University Press, 1981), with Chinese (Wanli Shiwunian) and other language translations.
  
• China: A Macro History
  
• Fiscal Administration during the Ming Dynasty
  
• Conversation on Chinese History by the Hudson River (in Chinese)
  
• Broadening the Horizons of Chinese History: Discourses, Syntheses, and Comparisons
  
• Capitalism and the 21st Century(in Chinese)
  
• The Grand Canal during the Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644 (Doctoral dissertation)
  
• White Jasmine of Changsha (Novel)