Folktales often reflect the individuals and behaviors found in reality. Some folktales illustrate women's stories and their demonstration or absence of filial piety and cleverness. Others depict accounts of virtuous and exemplary wives, while some present narratives of aggressive wives, also known as shrews. This paper explores the collection of common stories of shrews, and categorizes the stories into three areas, including direct descriptions of shrews' behaviors, accounts of shrews' demonstration of power and aggressiveness as reflected by others, and finally, accounts of attempts to transform shrews. In exploring this subject, the difference between how Eastern and Western societies present the stories of shrews become evident.