In the ghost story classic Zi Bu Yu (What Confucius Would Not Discuss), there is a tale of someone who died by hanging whose ghost is looking for a substitute. But a certain "Mr. Huoda" (meaning "Mr. Carefree") took her hanging rope.
清代鬼故事經典《子不語》中，說著有一個吊死鬼趕著去找替身，上吊的繩子卻叫一位「豁達先生」給撿了去。