In Taiwan's pioneering days, when disease was rampant, many spirits--often called the "good brothers," "benevolent grandfathers," and so on --who were appealed to for help were all "wandering ghosts."
在早期拓墾社會，瘴癘叢生的台灣，俗稱好兄弟、萬善公、有應公、大眾爺的都是「孤魂野鬼」。