釋敬安(1851-1912)近代愛國詩僧。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,致力詩文,得王闿運指授,才思日進,入“碧湘詩社”。自號八指頭陀,曾任浙江天童寺方丈。辛亥革命后,當選為中華佛教總會會長,時湖南等地發(fā)生寺產(chǎn)糾紛,應(yīng)眾邀入京請愿,到京未達目的,即卒于法源寺。生平頗有詩名,歿后楊度為刻《八指頭陀詩文集》。
《湖口吊高伯足》 敬安
高生才調(diào)冠三吳,為問人間尚有無?
今日卻過湖口縣,亂山無語夕陽孤。
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.