葉明生的《中國傀儡戲史》是一部研究中國傳統傀儡戲的重要著作,其對中國傀儡戲史的學術貢獻主要表現在:一、構建了整體聯系的傀儡戲史的體系;二、開拓了傀儡戲史的研究領域。該著作使中國傀儡戲在研究對象上更為完整、在研究方法上更為科學,對中國傀儡戲的保護與發展起著無法替代的作用。

YE Mingsheng’s The History of Chinese Puppet Theatre is a crucial piece of work on traditional Chinese puppet theatre. It has made contributions to the studies of the history of Chinese puppet theatre through constructing a system for the history of puppet theatre and broadening the horizon of research in the field. The work defines Chinese puppet theatre more completely as a research object,thus undertaking more scientific and intellectual methods. It is a substantial achievement in protecting,preserving and developing of Chinese puppet theatre.