鬼戏作为中国古代戏曲中众多题材的一类,其大多数作品具有重要的艺术成就和审美价值。古代对鬼戏之研究止于对单个文本的简短评析,未成体系。建国后,研究广度与深度有所加强,研究成果显著增加,内容涉及总体评价、文化意蕴、鬼魂形象、兴衰历程、断代鬼戏、地方鬼戏、舞台艺术、经典个案等八个方面。视野狭窄、资料匮乏、重复研究等是这一研究目前所面临的主要问题。 Ghost drama as a class of many subjects in ancient Chinese drama, most of its works have important artistic achievements and aesthetic value. The ancient study of ghost drama ended with a brief comment on a single text, an incomplete system. After the founding of the People’s Republic of China, the breadth and depth of research have been strengthened, and the research results have been significantly increased. The contents of the study have touched upon such aspects as overall evaluation, cultural connotations, ghost images, the rise and fall, ghost drama, local ghost drama, stage art and classic cases. Narrow field of vision, lack of data, repeated research and so on are the main problems facing this research.