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(dāng)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》。
《流水》 敬安
流水不流花影去,花殘花自落東流。
落花流水初無意,惹動人間爾許愁。
Flowing Waters
Buddhist Monk Jing'an
Flowing waters cannot carry away flower shadows;
Flowers, when withered, fall willy-nilly into a riverflow.
Flowing waters and fallen flowers have no love for each other,
Yet they cause the human world so much sorrow.