寒山(生卒年不詳),字、號均不詳,唐代長安(今陜西西安)人。出身于官宦人家,多次投考不第,后出家,三十歲后隱居于浙東天臺山,享年一百多歲。嚴振非《寒山子身世考》中更以《北史》、《隋書》等大量史料與寒山詩相印證,指出寒山乃為隋皇室后裔楊瓚之子楊溫,因遭皇室內(nèi)的妒忌與排擠及佛教思想影響而遁入空門,隱于天臺山寒巖,自號寒山。
《桃花欲經(jīng)夏》 寒山
桃花欲經(jīng)夏,風月催不待。
訪覓漢時人,能無一個在。
朝朝花遷落,歲歲人移改。
今日揚塵處,昔時為大海。
Burial
Han Shan
Peach blossoms yearn for a summer's life,
Shivering before a slight breeze, paling
In each descent of the moon. Of all the ancients,
Not one wakes when a bough stirs.
Leaves of my book curl, and the edges brown
In the fire that livens my mother's ashes.
When I stumble my feet raise dust
Where once the greenest sea rolled.