釋敬安(1851-1912)近代愛國(guó)詩(shī)僧。俗名黃讀山,字福馀,法名敬安,字寄禪,湖南湘潭縣雁坪鄉(xiāng)銀湖塘人。少以孤貧出家,致力詩(shī)文,得王闿運(yùn)指授,才思日進(jìn),入“碧湘詩(shī)社”。自號(hào)八指頭陀,曾任浙江天童寺方丈。辛亥革命后,當(dāng)選為中華佛教總會(huì)會(huì)長(zhǎng),時(shí)湖南等地發(fā)生寺產(chǎn)糾紛,應(yīng)眾邀入京請(qǐng)?jiān)?,到京未達(dá)目的,即卒于法源寺。生平頗有詩(shī)名,歿后楊度為刻《八指頭陀詩(shī)文集》。
《湖口吊高伯足》 敬安
高生才調(diào)冠三吳,為問(wèn)人間尚有無(wú)?
今日卻過(guò)湖口縣,亂山無(wú)語(yǔ)夕陽(yáng)孤。
At Hu-h'ou, Mourning for Kao Po-tzu
Ching An
Though he was young, Kao
was the crown of Su-chou and Hu-k'ou.
It was only to see if he was still here
that I came today to this place…
found a chaos of mountains
no word
this evening sun
this loneliness.