李渔拟话本小说中的意象具有丰富的象征意蕴，体现了对爱情的渴望与憧憬、对人物品质的赞美与肯定、封建礼教的阻隔与对女性的规训、文人的隐逸之情、权力与欲望、对理想人生境界的追求、以及劝善惩恶的思想。整体而言，这些意象有对传统意象文化内涵的继承，也有戏谑和创新，雅俗与共。李渔主要运用自然、生活、空间三种不同类型的意象来疏通小说脉络，推动故事情节发展，并突出人物性格，表达内心情感，增添审美趣味，丰富哲理意蕴。这体现出李渔文学创作的匠心独运和精巧构思。受到人生经历、时代背景和自身创作观念、审美情趣的影响与局限，李渔拟话本小说中的意象所蕴含的象征意蕴和体现出的思想观念具有明显的娱乐性、喜剧性和矛盾性，进步性与落后性兼具。

The imagery in Li Yu's novels modelled after script for story-telling is rich in symbolic connotations, embodying the desire and longing of love, the praise and affirmation of the character's qualities, the obstruction of feudal ethics and the discipline of feudal rites on women, the reclusive feelings of literati, power and desire, the pursuit of ideal life realm, and the idea of advising to be good and penalize the vicious. Overall, these images not only inherit the cultural connotations of traditional imagery, but also have satire and innovation, with both highbrow and lowbrow. Li Yu mainly uses three different types of imagery, namely natural imagery, life imagery, and spatial imagery, to bridge the narrative and promote the development of the story. These images also highlight the characters’ personalities and qualities, express their inner emotions, add aesthetic tastes, and enrich philosophical implications. The selection and presentation of these images reflects Li Yu's unique and ingenious conception in literary creation. Due to the influence and limitations of life experience, historical background, personal creative concepts, and aesthetic appreciation, the symbolic connotations and ideological concepts embodied in the imagery in Li Yu's novels modelled after script for story-telling have obvious entertaining, comedic, and contradictory qualities, with both progressiveness and backwardness.