Selected scholarly output in Chinese, English, and Russian.

Books and Monographs

• Lavenda, Robert, and Schultz, Emily (Trans. Yu Hui). Core Concepts in Cultural Anthropology. Beijing: Shangwu Yinshuguan (Commercial Press). 2026 (forthcoming).

• Weber, Max (Trans. Yu Hui). The Rational and Social Foundation of Music. Suzhou: Soochow University Press, 2026. (forthcoming)

• Yu Hui. Traditional Chinese Music Research: An Insider’s Exploration. Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan, 2026. (ISBN: 9789819763931)

• Yu Hui (ed.). Collection of Centennial Research on the Dunhuang Musical Scores. Sponsored Publication by the Chinese National Music Inheritance Program (China National Press and Publication Administration). Hangzhou: Zhejiang University Press, 2025.

• Yu Hui and Stock, Jonathan P. J. (eds.). The Oxford Handbook of Music in China and the Chinese Diaspora. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2023. (ISBN: 9780190661991)

• Yu Hui and Robison, John (ed.). Musical Creativity in the Internet Age: China’s International Contributions to Contemporary Music. Hangzhou: Zhejiang University Press, 2022. (ISBN: 9787308209823)

• Robison, John (Trans. Yu Hui). Zhu Jianer and the Symphony in China. Trans. Yu Hui. Hangzhou: Zhejiang University Press, 2022. (ISBN: 9787308208208)

• Yu Hui. Восточная музыка цифровой эпохи (Oriental Music in the Digital Time). Trans. Li Eryong. Moscow: Moscow State University Press, 2021. (ISBN: 9785190115789)

• Yu Hui and Tsai Zongde (ed.). Chinese Music in Southeast Asia. Hangzhou: University Press, 2021. (ISBN: 9787308208369)

• Yu Hui (ed.). New Explorations in East Asian Pitch Theories. Suzhou: Soochow University Press, 2020. (ISBN: 9787567232266)

• Leonard, Neil (Trans. Yu Hui). Jazz and the White Americans: The Acceptance of a New Art Form. Trans. Yu Hui. Hangzhou: Zhejiang University Press, 2019. (ISBN: 9787308191586)

• Yu Hui and Wild, Stephen (ed.). Global Perspectives on Chinese Music in the Internet Context. Hangzhou: Zhejiang University Press, 2019. (ISBN: 9787308183512)

• Yu Hui (series ed.). Series of Western Musicological Works. Hefei: Huangshan (Yellow Mountain) Press, 2019–. Includes: A Popular History of the Art of Music (ISBN: 9787546171272); Shakespeare and Music (ISBN: 9787546171296); Charles Dickens and Music (ISBN: 9787546171302); The Mode of Ancient Greek Music (ISBN: 9787546171289); Woman’s Work in Music (ISBN: 9787546154633); The World’s Earliest Music: Trace to Its Beginnings in Ancient Lands (ISBN: 9787546154639).

• Yu Hui (ed.). Bibliography of Interactive Influences between Music in China and Overseas in the Internet Age (1988–2018). Hangzhou: Zhejiang University Press, 2020. (ISBN: 9787308191586)

• Yu Hui. Ethnomusicology in the Audio-Visual Age. Hangzhou: Zhejiang University Press, 2018. (ISBN: 9787308182102)

• Yu Hui. Ethnomusicology in the Audiovisual Time [Music DVD]. Hangzhou: Zhejiang University Press, 2018. (ISBN: 9787894909503)

• Yu Hui. Oriental Music in the Digital Age. Hangzhou: Zhejiang University Press, 2017. (ISBN: 9787308175593)

• Yu Hui. Jazz Cosmopolitanism: Chinese Perspectives on Jazz in the Internet Age. Hangzhou: Zhejiang University Press, 2017. (ISBN: 9787308163071)

• Yu Hui (ed.). Genres and Forms of Oriental Music. Hefei: Anhui Literature and Art Publishing House, 2016. (ISBN: 9787539659428)

• Yu Hui (ed.). History and Concepts of Oriental Music. Hefei: Anhui Literature and Art Publishing House, 2016. (ISBN: 9787539659435)

• Yu Hui (ed.). Nansheng De Meili (Charm of the Male Voice)—China Round of International “TROFEO LA FENICE” Vocal Competition. Hefei: Anhui Press of Literature and Arts, 2015. (ISBN: 9787539649849)

• Yu Hui (ed.). Yongjiang Chaosheng (Music from Ningbo). Hefei: Anhui Press of Literature and Art, 2014. (ISBN: 9787539651842)

• Yu Hui (main contributor). Outline of the Ancient Chinese Academic Works in Music. Shanghai: Fudan University Press, 1996. (ISBN: 9787309015287)

Edited Journals and Book Series

• Yu Hui (Chief Editor). Asian Musicology, Vol. 34 (2025). New York: Peter Lang Publishing.

• Yu Hui (Chief Editor). Asian Musicology, Vol. 33 (2024). New York: Peter Lang Publishing.

• Yu Hui (Chief Editor). Asian Musicology, Vol. 26 (2016). Council of Asian Musicology.

• Yu Hui (Chief Editor). Asian Musicology, Vol. 27 (2017). Council of Asian Musicology.

• Yu Hui (Chief Editor). Asian Musicology, Vol. 19 (2019). Council of Asian Musicology.

• Yu Hui (Chief Editor). Book Series “Music and Society in Asia.” New York: Peter Lang Publishing.

• Yu Hui (Chief Editor). Book Series “Interactions of Music in China and Overseas in the Internet Age.” Hangzhou: Zhejiang University Press.

• Yu Hui (Chief Editor). Book Series “Appreciation of Arts.” Hefei: Anhui Press of Literature and Arts.

• Yu Hui (Chief Editor). Book Series “Series of the Chinese Oriental Music Society.” Hefei: Anhui Press of Literature and Arts.

• Yu Hui (Chief Editor). Book Series “Series of Original Works of Western Music Research.” Hefei: Huangshan (Yellow Mountain) Press.

Journal Articles

• Yu Hui. “Disciplinarity, Globalization, and Heritage Value of 'Chinese Music Studies'.” Renmin Yinyue (People’s Music) 10 (2025): 60–65.

• Lau, Frederick (Trans. Yu Hui). “Reflections beyond Chinese Music Studies Itself.” Renmin Yinyue (People’s Music) 10 (2025): 66–71.

• Yu Hui. “From National Anthem to Alliance Anthem: Musical Expressions of National Identity and Regional Consciousness in Southeast Asia.” Renmin Yinyue (People’s Music) 11 (2024): 77–82.

• Yu Hui, “A Retrospective View of Chinese Contributions to Digital Humanities in Computational Guqin Music Research.” Computer Music Journal 48, no. 2 (2024): 45–58. (Cover Article)

• Yu Hui and Li Eryong. “Sino-Western Academic Exchange and Mutual Learning in Traditional Music Research: An Interview with Professor Yu Hui.” Guizhou Daxue Xuebao (Yishu Ban) / Journal of Guizhou University, Arts Edition 38, no. 4 (2024): 1–9, 133.

• Yu Hui. “Formal Logic in Musicological Research: A Response to 'What Is Chinese Music'?” Nanjing Yishu Xueyuan Xuebao (Yinyu yu Biaoyan Ban) / Journal of Nanjing University of the Arts, Music and Performance Edition 4 (2024): 97–101.

• Stock, Jonathan (Trans. Yu Hui). “New Directions in Chinese Music Research: Multidisciplinarity, Intermediality, and Participatory Approaches.” Huangzhong / Journal of Wuhan Conservatory of Music 2 (2024): 14–19, 167.

• Picken, Laurence (Trans. Yu Hui). “Music from the Tang Dynasty and the Project of Tang Music.” Huangzhong / Journal of Wuhan Conservatory of Music 4 (2023): 24–34, 164.

• Yu Hui. “Review and Prospect of Dunhuang Music Manuscripts Research.” Sichuan Xiju (Sichuan Drama) 11 (2023): 7–11.

• Yu Hui, Li Yan, and Su Honglei. “Disciplinary Construction and Reflection of Ethnomusicology from the Perspective of the New Liberal Arts: An Interview with Professor Yu Hui.” Shehui Kexuejia (Social Scientist) 2 (2023): 3–10.

• Yu Hui. “History, Hegemony, and Resistance: The Theory and Scope of Decolonizing Methodology in Western Ethnomusicology.” Shehui Kexuejia (Social Scientist) 2 (2023): 11–17.

• Yu Hui. “The Great Historical Significance of Jing Fang’s Discovery of the yiri Comma in Global Perspective.” Zhongyang Yinyue Xueyuan Xuebao / Journal of the Central Conservatory of Music 2 (2021): 43–59.

• Yu Hui. “Orthodox Centers of Musical Life of the Russian Émigration in China (Harbin).” Voprosy Istorii (in Russian) 5 (2021): 71–76.

• Yu Hui. “Research on the Development of Russian Folk Musical Culture in Xinjiang.” Voprosy Istorii (in Russian) 2 (2022): 57–64.

• Yu Hui and Schroeder, Sally. “New Horizons for the Global Communication of Chinese Music: A Statistical Study of Chinese Music Courses at Top Western Universities.” Xinhai Yinyue Xueyuan Xuebao / Journal of Xinghai Conservatory of Music 2 (2019): 150–158.

• Yu Hui. “Distribution and Popularity Patterns of Chinese Music on YouTube: A Case Study of Local Music’s Representation on a Global Internet Platform.” Journal of New Music Research 47 (2018): 68–77.

• Yu Hui. “About World-Class Arts Education.” Arts Education 6 (2018): 21–23.

• Yu Hui. “A New Discovery of the Tuning System of the Slendro Scale in Javanese Gamelan: The Acoustic Principles in the Musical Scales of Oriental Music Reflected in the Ratio of Sulin Fingering Holes.” Zhongguo Yinyuexue (Musicology in China) 2 (2017): 59–66.

• Yu Hui. “Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments and the Entry Article on Guqin.” Xinhai Yinyue Xueyuan Xuebao / Journal of Xinghai Conservatory of Music 4 (2017): 156–160.

• Yu Hui. “Historical Sources about Buck Clayton’s Early Life in Shanghai.” Renmin Yinyue (People’s Music) 1 (2017): 84–87.

• Zhang Lianyu (Trans. Yu Hui, and Luo Shengze). “On the Possible Influence of Chinese Rap Tradition on the Development of Korean Pansori.” Xinhai Yinyue Xueyuan Xuebao / Journal of Xinghai Conservatory of Music 4 (2016): 127–132.

• Yu Hui. “The Scientific Spirit of Musicological Research: On the Occasion of Professor Chen Yingshi Receiving the Fumio Koizumi Prize.” Renmin Yinyue (People’s Music) 7 (2015): 32–36.

• Kartomi, Margaret (Trans. Yu Hui). “Musical Improvisation in Children’s Play.” Renmin Yinyue (People’s Music) 1 (2015): 88–92.

• Gran, Barbara Ruth (Trans. Yu Hui). “Hypermedia and Ethnomusicology.” Xinhai Yinyue Xueyuan Xuebao / Journal of Xinghai Conservatory of Music 2 (2014): 112–124.

• Yu Hui. “Just Intonation and Composite Tuning in Guqin Music: Referencing the Practice of Zarlino’s Scales.” Zhongguo Yinyuexue (Musicology in China) 2 (2014): 104–109.

• Wild, Stephen (Trans. Yu Hui). “The Song Series: Australian Aboriginal Contributions to Ethnomusicological Theory?” Xinhai Yinyue Xueyuan Xuebao / Journal of Xinghai Conservatory of Music 1 (2013): 3–9.

• Yu Hui. “Internationalization of Chinese Music Discipline Seen from A&HCI Music Journals.” Renmin Yinyue (People’s Music) 2 (2013): 77–79, 95–96.

• Yu Hui. “Chinese Jazz Program Breaks Down Walls.” Downbeat 11 (2012).

• Yu Hui. “The English Translation and Disciplinary Scope of Yuelüxue (Temperament Studies).” Yinyue Yanjiu (Music Research) 6 (2011): 77–81.

• Yu Hui. “'Faithfulness, Expressiveness, and Elegance' in the English Translation of Chinese Musical Terms: The Case of Guqin and Xiqu.” Xinhai Yinyue Xueyuan Xuebao / Journal of Xinghai Conservatory of Music 2 (2011): 24–26, 144.

• Yu Hui. “Luju in the Eye of an Ethnomusicologist.” Luju Yishu (Luju Art) 2 (2008).

• Yu Hui. “Discontinuity in Guqin Temperament prior to the Fifteenth Century: An Investigation of the Temperament of Guqin Music as Evidenced in Shen-Qi-Mi-Pu.” CHIME / Journal of the European Foundation for Chinese Music Research 10/11 (1998).

• Yu Hui. “Intonation Patterns and Scale Types of Qin Pieces in Shenqi Mipu.” Huangzhong / Journal of Wuhan Conservatory of Music 2 (1994): 21–28.

• Yu Hui. “The Tuning Methods of Qin Pieces in Shenqi Mipu.” Huangzhong / Journal of Wuhan Conservatory of Music 1 (1994).

• Yu Hui. “Principles of Computer-Automated Pitch Processing in Guqin Tablature.” Jiaoxiang / Journal of Xi’an Conservatory of Music 4 (1993): 56–58.

• Yu Hui. “Explorations in Qin Temperament.” Huangzhong / Journal of Wuhan Conservatory of Music, Special Issue 1 (1993): 58–64.

• Yu Hui. “A Computer System for the Analysis of Chinese Ancient Notations.” In Computer and Music. Shanghai: Computer Science Department, Shanghai Jiaotong University, 1992.

• Yu Hui. “On the Ambiguity of the Modal Structure of “Kuyin.” Jiaoxiang / Journal of Xi’an Conservatory of Music 4 (1991): 24–28.

• Yu Hui. “On the Classification of Quyi Music.” Zhongguo Yinyue (Chinese Music) 1 (1987): 10–12.

Book Chapters

• Yu Hui and Stock, Jonathan P. J. “Frames of Reference for the Study of Music in China and Its Diasporas.” In The Oxford Handbook of Music in China and the Chinese Diaspora. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2023. (ISBN: 9780190661991)

• Yu Hui and Chen Yingshi. “Theorizing 'Natural Sound': Ancient Chinese Music Theory and Its Contemporary Applications in the Study of Guqin Intonation.” In The Oxford Handbook of Music in China and the Chinese Diaspora. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2023. (ISBN: 9780190661991)

• Yu Hui. “The Making of a Musical Community as a Manifestation of Nationalism: The Jinyu Qinshe Society in 1930s China.” In The Oxford Handbook of Music in China and the Chinese Diaspora. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2023. (ISBN: 9780190661991)

• Yu Hui. “Qupai Practice in Luju Opera, Anhui Province.” In Qupai: Chinese Melodic Models in Form and Practice. New York: Routledge, 2016: 155–171.

• Yu Hui. “From Swan Song to Song of Phoenix: Contextualization of Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage Music in Two Chinese Arthouse Films.” In Ethnomusicology in Audiovisual Time. Hangzhou: Zhejiang University Press, 2017: 9–21. (ISBN: 9787308182100)

Review Articles and Book Forewords

• Yu Hui. “Boundary Dissolution and Paradigm Innovation: A Review of the 2025 International Symposium of Council for Asian Musicology.” Renmin Yinyue (People’s Music) 8 (2025): 92–95.

• Yu Hui. “Host’s Remarks for the Special Column: Retrospect and Prospect of Global Chinese Music Studies.” Huangzhong / Journal of Wuhan Conservatory of Music 2 (2024): 4–5.

• Yu Hui, "Why do we need Gamelan: Forward." In Gamelan Practice in China, by Rendi and Chu Zhuo. Chongqing: Chongqing Publishing House, 2025. (ISBN: 9787229184100)

• Yu Hui, "Foreword." In Etiquette and culture (3rd ed.), by Cui Ping & Yang Zhongbi. Beijing: Tsinghua University Press. 2022. (ISBN：9787302620327).

• Yu Hui. “A New Perspective of East Asian Temperament Research: A Review of the 12th International Symposium of the East Asian Society for the Study of Musical Tuning Systems.” Minzu Yinyue (Ethnic Music) 1 (2020): 52–55.

• Yu Hui. “The Chinese Contribution to Contemporary Music of the 21st Century.” Asian Musicology 29, no. 2 (2019): 9–11.

• Yu Hui. “The Korean Wave and Cultural Soft Power: A Review of the 2017 Asian Musicological Society International Symposium.” Renmin Yinyue (People’s Music) 7 (2018): 78–80.

• Yu Hui. “Conference Report on International Symposium on Ethnomusicology and Ethnic Minorities in Yunnan Province.” Journal of the Jilin College of Arts 2 (2018): 93–96.

• Yu Hui. “Ethnomusicology from Text to Audio-Visual: A Review of the First ICTM Symposium on Audio-Visual Ethnomusicology.” Minzu Yishu Yanjiu (Studies in National Art) 30, no. 1 (2017): 70–75.

• Yu Hui. “Music and Cultural Interactions in the Internet Age.” Asian Musicology 27 (2017): 1–3.

• Yu Hui. “A New Perspective on Chinese Music Studies: A Review of the International Symposium “Chinese Music in Global Context: The Internet Age.” Renmin Yinyue (People’s Music) 7 (2016): 54–56.

• Yu Hui. “A Major Academic Gathering and Explorations in History: A Review of the 13th Annual Conference of the Chinese Society of Music History.” Yinyue Yanjiu (Music Research) 1 (2015): 109–115.

• Yu Hui. “Special Column for the 7th International Conference of the Society for Oriental Music.” (Column Host) Xinhai Yinyue Xueyuan Xuebao / Journal of Xinghai Conservatory of Music 1 (2013): 1–3.

• Yu Hui. “Alan Thrasher and His Career in Chinese Music.” Renmin Yinyue (People’s Music) 3 (1997).

• Yu Hui. “Notes on Australian Music Education.” Renmin Yinyue (People’s Music) 10 (1994): 36–38.

• Yu Hui. Review of The Narrative Arts of Tianjin: Between Music and Language, by Francesca R. Sborgi Lawson. Asian Music 50, no. 1 (Winter/Spring 2019): 137–140.

• Yu Hui. “Internet Age and the Globalization of Chinese Music.” Zhongguo Shehui Kexue Bao (Chinese Social Sciences Newspaper), p. 7, October 11, 2016.

• Yu Hui. “Belt and Road Initiatives and International Music Exchanges.” Zhongguo Shehui Kexue Bao (Chinese Social Sciences Newspaper), p. 7, October 11, 2016.

• Yu Hui. Review of Sizhu Instrumental Music of South China: Ethos, Theory and Practice, by Alan R. Thrasher. Asian Music 2 (2013): 139–142.

• Yu Hui, "Foreword." In The Luju Music System by Wu Zhengming. Shanghai: Zhongxi Shuju (China-West Publishing). 2012. (ISBN: 978754750399)

• Yu Hui, "Foreword." In Non-Conventional Research of Intangible Cultural Heritages, by Xu Xianghong. Shanghai: Baijia Publishing House. 2008. (ISBN: 9787807037491)

• Yu Hui. Review of Chinese Folk Songs and Folk Singers: Shan’ge Tradition in Southern Jiangsu, by Antoinet Schimmelpenninck. Yearbook for Traditional Music. International Council for Traditional Music, 1999.

• Yu Hui. Review of Peking Opera, by Colin Mackerras. The World of Music 1 (1999).

Encyclopedia Entries

• Yu Hui. “Qin,” “Fangxiang,” “Konghou,” and other entries. In the Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015. (ISBN: 9780199743391)

• Yu Hui (main contributor). Entries including “Qinlv Shuo,” “Qinshi,” “Sancai Tuhui,” “Shilin Guangji,” “Taiyin Daquanji,” and others. In Outline of the Ancient Chinese Academic Works in Music. Shanghai: Fudan University Press, 1996. (ISBN: 9787309015287)